Over the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail has run three reviews of mine from the recent Annapolis Film Festival: for The Archer, The Islands and the … More
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Annapolis Film Festival, DC Web Fest and “Going in Style” @filmfesttoday
Yesterday and today, Film Festival Today ran three pieces of mine, on the recent Annapolis Film Festival, the equally recent DC … More
Film Reviews of “T2 Trainspotting” and “The Zookeeper’s Wife” @filmfesttoday
Film Festival Today ran two reviews of mine on Friday, March 31, 2017. Here are links to both: T2 Trainspotting … More
SXSW2017–Part 4 @hammertonail (3 More Reviews and 2 More Interviews) + SXSW2017 Overview @filmfesttoday
Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are five more pieces: 3 reviews (for which one has no … More
SXSW2017–Part 3 @hammertonail (3 More Reviews and 3 More Interviews) + “Wilson” @filmfesttoday
Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are six more pieces: 3 reviews and 3 interviews. Still others have already … More
“Beauty and the Beast” @filmfesttoday + “Catfight” and SXSW2017–Part 1 @hammertonail
Now that I am writing consistently for both Hammer to Nail (for the small-budget indie stuff and documentaries) and Film Festival Today … More
Reviews of “Logan” and “Table 19” @filmfestivaltoday
Today, at Film Festival Today, I published reviews of two new films: Logan and Table 19. Here are the links: Logan review Table 19 review … More
In “John Wick: Chapter 2,” Our Hitman Loses His Way in Excessive Carnage
[This review also posted on Film Festival Today.] John Wick: Chapter 2 (Chad Stahelski, 2017) The first John Wick film, released in 2014, … More
“Toni Erdmann” Plays the Long Game and Wins
[This review was also posted on Film Festival Today] Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016) At 162 minutes, German director Maren Ade’s latest film, … More
“Patriots Day” Pays Effective Tribute to Boston in the Aftermath of Tragedy
[This review also posted on Film Festival Today, and here is that link.] Patriots Day (Peter Berg, 2016) A taut procedural about … More