Month: March 2013

[SXSW Review] Coldwater

Whether true or not, hearing writer/director Vincent Grashaw wrote the first draft of his debut feature Coldwater right after graduating high school in 1999 was...

[SXSW Review] Medora

Medora is an especially powerful and perceptive film, telling a story all too familiar and perhaps all too real -- this is what the shrinking middle and lower c...

[SXSW Review] Much Ado About Nothing

Listening to William Shakespeare on the silver screen in the guise of the modern age can be jarring, as we watch people with cell phones and electricity use the...

[Review] About Sunny

It's intriguing to note how many buzzed-about films depicting parents who don't know how or simply can't do the job were released on the festival circuit betwee...

[SXSW Review] Snap

With Snap, directors Youssef Delara and Victor Teran's key goal seems to be thrusting their audience into uncomfortable situations. Mental health is an extremel...

[Review] The Call

The Call, from director Brad Anderson, is a mostly effective thriller despite some minor objections. Centered on a strong performance by Halle Berry as a 911 op...