There’s a special place in my heart for summertime coming-of-age movies. I think if most of us looked inside we would realize we all have that special warm spot. Whether it’s The Sandlot or Stand by Me or the brilliant Stranger Things, there’s a magic accessibility and vulnerability in the wild, sweet scented summers of [...]

Somewhere between gangster flick and psychological horror, Bull follows the winding paths one man takes to seek revenge against those that wronged him. Intricate family bonds and business lay the groundwork for what winds up being the epitome of a roller coaster, from start to finish – or perhaps, in this case, a rickety old [...]

Slamdance 2022 Film Festival - Clay (Clay Tatum) and Whitney (Whitney Weir) are a delightfully typical hipster LA couple. She works (seemingly) in "the industry" and he's a floundering freelance photographer. He assumes a new haircut will somehow save his brand and business, and proceeds to give himself an at-home glorified bowl cut/shag/Beatles hybrid-from-hell... literally [...]

Slamdance 2022 Film Festival - Winter Insect, Summer Flower is a collaborative, experimental effort between artists Tee Jaehyung Park and Gbenga Komolafe - first conceptualized as a visual project for an artists' collective. The concept, introduced to us with stunning visuals and no dialogue, is a deconstruction of the "body is a temple" platitude - and [...]

Slamdance 2022 Film Festival - Saturated, glossy, sparkly, and high contrast -- A Few Things I'm Beginning To Understand is a journey into the mind and life of the filmmaker, Xenia Matthews. Feeling just a little bit like a fever dream, this film takes from the highest of concept art, talk shows, drag, and the [...]

11PM may not be known as the "witching hour," but there's something mysterious about it all the same. 11PM seems to be the hour that most adults go to sleep. It also seems to be, according to missing persons data, the hour that is filled with the most mysterious disappearances. Operating in real time, 11PM is just [...]

Slamdance 2022 Film Festival - In a sumptuous retelling of the Edgar Allen Poe classic The Masque of the Red Death, Scarlet Red is a remarkably unique visual feast, operating in a beautiful world between live action and animation, delivered with almost no dialogue. Entertainment abounds in the seven rooms of King Prospero's castle, where a [...]