Of all the film fests hit hard these past four years, none took it on the chin quite like the Sundance Film Festival. First, there was the planned switch from in-person to virtual in 2021. Then, an eleventh-hour scuttle yielded … Continue reading Room for Improvement: Dispatch from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival
Bobby (James Le Gros) is stuck. Despite a journey that starts in Italy and ends in Hawaii, Bobby is stationary, passive, and numb. He’s working at a low-end Italian eatery that charges high-end prices. He’s divorced and living in a … Continue reading PHOENIX, OREGON
A Birder’s Guide To Everything is a realistic coming-of-age movie where the conflicts presented are small, the triumphs are equally small, but the questions asked are as big as they are significant. By the time the movie starts, David (Kodi Smith-Mcphee) … Continue reading A BIRDER’S GUIDE TO EVERYTHING
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