2010s

SUICIDE: THE RIPPLE EFFECT: A Profound Journey After Suicide Survival
SUICIDE: THE RIPPLE EFFECT: A Profound Journey After Suicide Survival

Aside from a few misleading statements, the Suicide: The Ripple Effect is someone’s personal, real story and the journey of reclaiming his life.

THE BLEEDING EDGE: A Patient's Worst Nightmare
THE BLEEDING EDGE: A Patient’s Worst Nightmare

Netflix documentary The Bleeding Edge explores the issues surrounding the medical advances in providing healthcare.

San Francisco International Film Festival Week 1 Round Up

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

RUBEN BRANDT, COLLECTOR: Art, Heists, & Trippy Nightmares

For being his directorial debut, Milorad Krstić’s Ruben Brandt, Collector is an astounding example of how boundless the animation medium has become.

FLAT EARTH: Peak Fun For Me, A 12-Year-Old Aspiring YouTuber
FLAT EARTH: Peak Fun For Me, A 12-Year-Old Aspiring YouTuber

When I heard that Logan Motherflipping Paul was making a Flat Earth documentary I dabbed…

SPRING: Animated Short Brings Warm Feelings
SPRING: Animated Short Brings Warm Feelings

Spring, the new animated short by writer/director/animator Andy Goralczyk, is truly a thing of beauty.

LITTLE WOODS: An Affecting Indictment Of American Woes
LITTLE WOODS: An Affecting Indictment Of American Woes

DaCosta makes a promising debut with Little Woods, showing an ambitious thematic depth while keeping the story affectingly small.

LOST CHILD: Folktale Thriller Is Stretched Out & Saccharine

Lost Child has an unquestionably compelling foundation, but it becomes too drenched in its own sentimental messaging.

THE BEACH BUM: In The Land Of Filth & Excess
THE BEACH BUM: In The Land Of Filth & Excess

The Beach Bum is a love letter to the unlikely beauty found in the gutters of Florida, the artsy stoner comedy only Harmony Korine could concoct.

LORO: Silvio Berlusconi Biopic is Bunga-Bunga-Brilliant
LORO: Silvio Berlusconi Biopic Is Bunga-Bunga-Brilliant

For a director obsessed with the decadence of Italy’s most powerful, Loro feels like the film Paolo Sorrentino was born to make.

RED JOAN: A Political Thriller with No Interest in Politics
RED JOAN: A Political Thriller With No Interest In Politics

Red Joan is suffocatingly mediocre, a political thriller with no interest in the politics of the story, or anything remotely thrilling.

MISSING LINK: Laika’s Lastest Feature Aims To Stun – And Succeeds

Sweet, charming, and beautifully unique, Laika’s latest film Missing Link deserves only the highest praise.

THE BURIAL OF KOJO: Aesthetic Over Everything
THE BURIAL OF KOJO: Aesthetic Over Everything

The Burial of Kojo is an aesthetically accomplished debut for Sam Blitz Bazawule, but the narrative itself is far from perfect.

MARISOL: A Short Film that Pacts a Punch With Precision and Execution (& Interview)
MARISOL: A Short Film That Packs A Punch (& Interview With Director Zoé Salicrup Junco)

Marisol is an eye opening experience for the viewer, its intensity and visual representations resonating long after the short has ended.

WILLIAM: Evolution Of Meh
WILLIAM: Evolution Of Meh

Though with a premise that sounds intriguing, William is a curio taken in entirely the wrong direction.