By - Gareth Jones For fans of Mexican folk/body horror like Tigers Are Not Afraid, thought-provoking and challenging themes regarding bodily autonomy, strong female directors This is an astonishing debut feature length film from MichelleGarza Cervera. Of course, she comes with a successful run of short horror films.and strong training at The Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. It is unfair to compare, but her assurance and mastery of film language is […]

By - Nick Adrian For fans of All the President’s Men, Snowden, and conspiracy stories In 2017, former U.S. Air Force member and NSA translator Reality Winner was arrested for leaking an intelligence report on Russian interference in the 2016 United States Presidential Elections. Her interrogation, held and recorded by two FBI agents, R. Wallace Taylor and Justin C. Garrick was the basis for a 2019 stage play titled Is […]

By - Gareth Jones For fans of Christian Bale, Edgar Allan Poe, American Folk Horror Murder Mystery Former actor Scott Cooper has now written and directed six films.  Three of those have starred Christian Bale.  As he has done with other directors, Bale works best when he has a strong collaborative relationship.  That is certainly the case with Cooper.  Starting with Out of the Furnace in 2013, continuing with Hostiles […]

By - Gareth Jones For fans of Agnès Varda, short travel documentaries, poetic cinema Planning a trip to the beach or to the country? Schools are finally out and summer vacations have begun.  My daughters are fortunate to be going on a trip to France with their school.  I have never been to France so being the film professor, I immediately thought about getting them ready by watching some French […]