Film Festivals

Tribeca Film Festival 2019: AT THE HEART OF GOLD: INSIDE THE USA GYMNASTICS SCANDAL

As with the girls at the center of this story, At the Heart of Gold is a documentary that people need to see, and to understand.

Tribeca Film Festival 2019: WATSON: The Embodiment of Change, Resilience and Strength
Tribeca Film Festival 2019: WATSON: The Embodiment Of Change, Resilience & Strength

Watson is a vital showcase of the power a person can have to affect change and how far reaching that change can be to others.

San Francisco International Film Festival Week 2 Round Up
San Francisco International Film Festival Week 2 Round Up

Arlin Golden covers many of the great documentaries that played at this year’s San Francisco International Film Festival.

San Francisco International Film Festival Week 1 Round Up

For the past four months the Bay Area as been inundated with persistent rain and…

BFI Flare Film Festival 2019: Exploring Identities
BFI Flare Film Festival 2019: Exploring Identities

Becky Kukla looks at three films playing at this year’s BFI Flare: JT Leroy, Two in the Bush, and No Box For Me, An Intersex Story.

Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2019 Part 2: THE TRIAL OF RATKO MLADIĆ, ROLL RED ROLL, ESTA TODO BIEN, EVERYTHING MUST FALL
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2019 Part 2: THE TRIAL OF RATKO MLADIĆ, ROLL RED ROLL, ESTA TODO BIEN, EVERYTHING MUST FALL

Musanna Ahmed looks at four documentaries from this year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival; The Trial of Ratko Mladić, Roll Red Roll, Esta Todo Bien and Everything Must Fall.

HEARTS OF GLASS: Community Growing From Everyday Moments
HEARTS OF GLASS: Community Growing From Everyday Moments

Hearts of Glass is a wonderful documentary that focuses both on food production and people with disabilities, housed within a tiny slice of America.

SXSW 2019 Reviews: DARLIN’, GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR, and SNATCHERS
SXSW 2019 Reviews: DARLIN’, GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR & SNATCHERS

In his latest dispatch from SXSW, Kevin Lee reviews Darlin’, The Girl on the Third Floor and Snatchers.

BFI Flare Film Festival 2019: Drag, Drama and Saving Planet Earth
BFI Flare Film Festival 2019: Drag, Drama & Saving Planet Earth

Becky Kukla looks at three films playing at this year’s BFI Flare; Tell it to the Blues, Water Makes Us Wet and Tucked.

SXSW Review: PET SEMATARY: It’s Back… But is it the Same?
SXSW 2019 Review: PET SEMATARY: It’s Back… But Is It The Same?

Pet Sematary, in this critic’s opinion, is a constant battle between excessive production and exceptional performances.

SXSW 2019 Reviews: APOLLO 11 & AQUARELA
SXSW 2019 Reviews: APOLLO 11 & AQUARELA

In his latest dispatch from SXSW, Kevin Lee reviews Apollo 11, from director Todd Douglas Miller, and Aquarela, by Victor Kossakovsky.

Interview with YES, GOD, YES Director and Writer Karen Maine
SXSW 2019 Review: YES, GOD, YES: A Film You’d Want To Hug

Yes, God, Yes is a film you’d want to hug, where its authentic nature, lovable lead, and gentle director can win over anybody.

Alliance Française French Film Festival 2019: NON-FICTION
Alliance Française French Film Festival 2019 Review: NON-FICTION

Alex Lines reports back from Alliance Française French Film Festival 2019 where he saw Olivier Assayas’ Non-Fiction – an increasingly rare type of drama.

SXSW Review: GOOD BOYS: If You Like South Park, You’ll Like This
SXSW 2019 Review: GOOD BOYS: If You Like South Park, You’ll Like This

Good Boys is not for everyone, for it is messy and repetitive in what it’s doing, but it is also exceptionally funny, charming, and thoughtful.

SXSW 2019 Horror: LITTLE MONSTERS, TALES FROM THE LODGE And TONE-DEAF
SXSW 2019 Horror: LITTLE MONSTERS, TALES FROM THE LODGE And TONE-DEAF

SXSW 2019 featured some excellent horror films, like Us and Little Monsters, but also lesser ones like Tales from the Lodge and Tone-Deaf.