by Christopher Dombrosky Watch this, not that. It's what I tell anyone who says that "Christmas in Connecticut" is among their annual rotation of classic holiday movies. Swap it, I tell them, with the less famous but far better Barbara Stanwyck Christmas flick "Remember the Night." I confess that I originally watched "Remember the Night"...
by John Jones Ah, Christmas. One of the most beloved and celebrated holidays in the world. And for good reason to! While presents are thrown about like Oprah on speed, Christmas is a day for quality time with friends and family. At least if you have any friends left and if Susan didn’t take...
V/H/S – America’s Terrifying Home Videos by John Jones Halloween has come around once again for another year’s worth of scares! Kids dress up to collect their candy bribes from the neighbors and parents sigh as their bowl of candy on the porch is gone. For those in between and in the golden years of their lives,...
If you haven't already seen "Solo" in theaters this weekend, you probably aren't going to (and apparently, you won't be missing much) so here's some other sources of entertainment to par with beer, fireworks (legal fireworks, please don't catch your neighbors house on fire), and the Grand Ole Flag flying. Last night on...
Best Narrative Feature The Best of All Worlds Director: Adrian Goiginger Best Narrative Short DAS LEBEN IN MIR "THE LIFE INSIDE" Director: Konstantin Egerndorfer Best Documentary Feature Jazz The Only Way Of Life Director: Jacques Matthey Best Documentary Short Stripes Out Director: Ian Powell Best Experimental Film The Realm of Deepest Knowing Director: Seung Hee Kim Best Music Video Did You Really Say No Director: Oren Lavie Best Student Film Y Director: Gina...
The festival is getting closer and closer and we are excited to start telling you what we've been up to! First, lets talk about our Women in Film Panel being held at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas on Saturday April 21st 1pm! We've got 5 awesome industry professionals coming to talk about their...
Lady Bird by Christopher Dombrosky Lady Bird reminds me of a girl named Greta. Not Gerwig. (I’ll get to her later.) Greta Gustafsson, who dreamed of being an actress. It was a big dream for the teenage daughter of laborers in 1920s Sweden. Years later Orson Welles, ironically at his fattest, would describe Greta Gustafsson...
The Small Behemoth: The Case for Dunkirk as Best Picture by Justin Norris We surround you. This is what the retreating Allied soldiers in Christopher Nolan’s epic war movie, Dunkirk, find written on propaganda raining from the skies above them, like a cruel gift from the heavens. Like the fast encroaching enemy in the film,...