Drunken Film Fest Oakland Winners 2019: Short Films That Stay With You Long After
Drunken Film Fest Oakland Winners 2019: Short Films That Stay With You Long After

Patrick CrosseI had the privilege of getting to watch the winners of each of the Drunken Film Festival Oakland’s categories this year.

High Stakes Independent Filmmaking With PHILOPHOBIA: OR THE FEAR OF FALLING IN LOVE
High Stakes Independent Filmmaking With PHILOPHOBIA: OR THE FEAR OF FALLING IN LOVE

The world of filmmaking seems simple enough from the view of an audience, while Twitter…

HIS DARK MATERIALS (S1E1) "Lyra's Oxford": BBC Gets It Right
HIS DARK MATERIALS (S1E1) “Lyra’s Oxford”: BBC Gets It Right

His Dark Materials is, at its core, a story of adventure, so strap in and let’s see where the zeppelins take us.

Ridgefield International Film Festival 2019: A Love For Pizza and Horror Abound
Ridgefield International Film Festival 2019: A Love For Pizza & Horror Abound

Stephanie Archer had the chance to check out a number of interesting short films at the Ridgefield International Film Festival 2019.

QUEEN OF HEARTS AUDREY FLACK: The Art, The Artist, and Vanitas
QUEEN OF HEARTS AUDREY FLACK: The Art, The Artist & Vanitas

Her name sounded so familiar. I tried to jog my memory and dig into the…

WOUNDS: iPhone Horror Bleeding With Ideas
WOUNDS: iPhone Horror Bleeding With Ideas

Wounds is a work of unyielding dread – one of those misunderstood gems that comes along every so often, catching you off-guard with its skin-crawling concept and arcane atmosphere.

LITTLE WOMEN Trailer
LITTLE WOMEN Trailer

Greta Gerwig adapts the classic novel Little Women, in which four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

How THE BIG SLEEP Made Detectives Postmodern

If The Maltese Falcon is a work of high Modernism, then The Big Sleep has more in common with Postmodernism, with an obsession with the simulacrum of detective stories, not the quest for truth.

READY OR NOT Trailer
Monsterfest 2019: READY OR NOT

Ready or Not heralds the arrival of a fantastic talent in Samara Weaving, as well as directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.

THE KING: A Netflix Snoozer
THE KING: A Netflix Snoozer

While it does contain so interesting moments to keep you attention, The King is not worthy starting in the first place.

Nuclear war, Baby-Killing Microwaves & Native American Genocide: Your Guide To THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE: More Than A Sum Of Its Nonsensical Parts?

The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase ventures into nearly every documentary topic imaginable except what the title might imply.

HARRIET: Harriet Tubman Biopic Is Frustratingly Routine
HARRIET: Harriet Tubman Biopic Is Frustratingly Routine

Harriet is a formulaic biopic that doesn’t take any creatively clever leaps to ensure this biopic deserves to be associated with the historical significance of Harriet Tubman.

JUDY & PUNCH Trailer
JUDY & PUNCH Trailer

Puppeteers Judy and Punch are trying to resurrect their marionette show in an an anarchic town on the brink of mob rule.

Bollywood Inquiry October 2019: THE SKY IS PINK, WAR & SAAND KI AANKH
Bollywood Inquiry October 2019: THE SKY IS PINK, WAR & SAAND KI AANKH

In the October Bollywood Inquiry, Musanna Ahmed covers new Bollywood releases The Sky is Pink, War and Saand Ki Aankh.

IT MUST BE HEAVEN: Maybe Not Heavenly, But An Absurd Delight
IT MUST BE HEAVEN: Maybe Not Heavenly, But An Absurd Delight

Suleiman’s It Must Be Heaven balances wit and amusement with a melancholic, maybe even unfulfilled, sense of belonging.