Tuesday, September 30, 2025

MVFF48 CAPSULE REVIEW—EVERYWHERE MAN: THE LIVES AND TIMES OF PETER ASHER (2025)

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Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller invariably accomplish artful profiles of the luminaries of my generation. This go-round they aim their talent...
Friday, August 29, 2025

FRIGHTFEST 26 (2025)—SELF-HELP (2025): REVIEW

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Positioned as an International Premiere at London’s Frightfest 26 , Erik Bloomquist’s Self-Help  (2025) yokes the horror genre to a thought...
Saturday, August 23, 2025

FRIGHTFEST 26 (2025)—THE HAUNTED FOREST (2025): REVIEW

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As a World Premiere at Frightfest 26, the UK-based international horror, fantasy, and thriller film festival held in London’s Leicester Squa...
Friday, August 22, 2025

RELAY (2024)—REVIEW

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Some years back I befriended a deaf mute named Mike. Our friendship was revelatory in that he exposed me to the various technologies within...

EDEN (2024)—REVIEW

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The “Galapagos Affair”, as it came to be known over the years, has captured the imaginations of writers and filmmakers for decades, from the...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

THROWBACK THURSDAY: THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN COMES TO EDEN (2013)—THE EVENING CLASS INTERVIEW WITH DAYNA GOLDFINE AND DANIEL GELLER

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Originally published by Fandor in April 2014, the release of Ron Howard’s Eden (2025) calls for another look at the conversation I had wi...
Sunday, August 17, 2025

FANTASIA 29 (2025)—FLUSH (2025): REVIEW

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The Fantasia International Film Festival (“Fantasia”) World Premiere of Grégory Morin’s Flush (2025) scored the Audience Award for Best In...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

FANTASIA 29 (2025): SPANISH CINEMA—THE WAILING (2024) / CIELO (2025) / I AM FRANKELDA (2025): REVIEW

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By “Spanish” I mean Spanish-speaking, of course, as The Wailing (2024) is a co-production from France, Argentina and Spain; Cielo (2025) ...