Carpet Cowboys You might not have heard of Dalton, Georgia, but you’ve probably touched it. The “Carpet Capital of the World,” as this small town in northern Georgia is known, produces 85 percent of the country’s carpets. Initially it appears that “Carpet Cowboys,” the first feature documentary from co-directors Emily MacKenzie and Noah Collier, just […]
Judy Blume Forever Millions of admirers will think that Davina Pardo & Leah Wolchok’s documentary “Judy Blume Forever” is like taking a trip back to their childhood, when they couldn’t wait to flip the pages of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Superfudge, or any other book by
I Saw the TV Glow The second narrative feature of Jane Schoenbrun is a relentless quest for identity in between analog pixels. They infuse dreamlike logic into harvested memories, such as a scene early in the movie that tries to describe how television’s cosmic glow can offer wide-eyed salvation even to the darkest room. A
I Got a Monster To protect and to serve the police motto that originated in 1963 in California and later spread throughout the United States has been perverted too many times in modern America. More than $1.5 billion has been paid out in settlements for alleged police misconduct nationwide involving thousands of officers who were
Farewell My Concubine Harvey Weinstein had studios that were infamously corrupt, and it was under this management that he butchered Chen Kaige’s “Farewell My Concubine,” slicing almost 20 minutes off of the Palme d’Or-winning version before its U.S. theatrical release in 1993. The fact that Roger still gave the edited version of this movie four
Nazi Overlord Nazi Overlord is a B movie about a mad Nazi scientist, which is not particularly a problem because most of the other films mentioned above have also been like that. The budget limitations are very noticeable, for instance a scene when a lumber truck is shown moving through Rumania is much greater than
Die By The Sword You probably have seen it before a brave knight saves a beautiful lady fighting against a brutal sorcerer hell bent on ruling the world. However, this time it is different. Die by the Sword, a third person hack and slash video game, defiantly breaks the mold of conventional game design and
Street A realtor who is quite sincerely arguing for the government to take steps to ensure that people in the area do not get moved out of their own homes. This documentary that chronicles his life is far more shocking than it may seem. Zed Nelson has been living in Hackney, one of the heartlands
Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys What comes to mind might be Blood Lake and its exceptional depiction of annual family vacations. Undoubtedly, the obvious one is the Joe Dante’s Piranha; the inclusion of crybaby tourists who turn into food for the fish monsters is a strong theme in both works. Here, the role
Sons Of Liberty It is not always possible to find writers who with such limited resources are able to transform their dreams into reality. Director Drew Hall is someone who has directed 3 movies in his early career. These movies were made on a budget where it would be extremely hard to even provide food
