Slamdance 2024 Film Festival - While Demons in the Closet may clock in at only a little over a minute long, the claymation short is still a heck of a lot of fun. It moves so quick and is filled with so many gnarly looking demons that you'll want to watch it at least a [...]

Misbehaved Children, Beware

A Zany Love Letter to Popcorn Cinema

Slamdance 2024 Film Festival - Writer/director Kamell Allaway's short Shadow has the black and white creep factor of an old German Expressionist film, like Nosferatu, especially for its use, of well, shadow. It's a highly atmospheric film that also reminded me somewhat of The Babadook, another film that was at least partially inspired by Expressionist films [...]

Slamdance 2024 Film Festival - Too often, politics is divisive, especially as we head straight into a consequential presidential election season. Citizen Weiner, however, proves that not only can politics be fun, but anyone can run for local office. More importantly, even if you lose the race, you can still make a heck of a [...]

A Heist Gone Horribly Wrong

Slamdance 2024 Film Festival  - In writer/director Zoe Eisenberg's Chaperone, 29-year-old Misha (Mitzi Akaha) is tired of everyone judging her and telling her to make something of herself instead of working at an art house theater. She then dates a boy about ten years younger than her, Jake (Laird Akeo), who's still in high school. [...]