Theatrical Review: Ti West’s MAXXXINE Brings Us Back to the Dirty Streets of Gen X’s Hollywood, and It’s Delightful
Ti West’s MAXXXINE Brings Us Back to the Dirty Streets of Gen X’s Hollywood, and
Loretta Todd’s MONKEY BEACH: SLO Film Fest 2021 Review; indigenous story and spirituality like you rarely see
Adapted from the award-winning first novel by Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach is a family drama full of literary devices that might arguably work better on the page, like flashbacks in multiple time periods, ghosts, and magical spirits. Having to literalize such things on a non-studio budget must be challenging, and some effects feel just like effects. However, this helps to anchor the story in the real world, where fancier CG creations might have thrust it into fantasy. It might be more accurate to call this a faith-based film, except that unlike in most movies thusly described, the faith in question is not Christian, but Haisla spirituality.
Ryan Coogler’s BLACK PANTHER Among Favorites at Dallas and North Texas Film Fest Toppers Pick Their Favorite Ten Films of 2018
The heads of prominent Dallas and North Texas Film Festivals announced their selections for the Top Ten Films of 2018 during WFAA’s Midday at 8 news broadcast today with Ryan Coogler’s BLACK PANTHER, Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA, and John Krasinski’s A QUIET PLACE taking the top three spots.
FILMS GONE WILD: What is your film worth? An Indie The Ladies of the House — Let’s not ask Best Buy or Netflix to answer that question
I can’t imagine Francis Ford Coppola standing in front of a Best Buy bin while wearing an old-timey change belt or fanny pack and taking a couple dollars at a time for his GODFATHER films. So why should I do that with my next epic (because it will TOTALLY be an an epic, I’m telling you)?