My final dispatch of KVIFF features some heavy hitters. There’s the Crystal Globe winner, the festival’s top prize. There are also two coming-of-age stories about how kind the world can be and how unflinchingly harsh it actually is. Each work is led by a lonely, misunderstood protagonist whose mental health is at stake. They’re all
The 30th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is upon us, perhaps the largest genre film festival in the world (and, for my money, my favorite), setting nearly three weeks aside at the tail end of July to descend upon Montreal with over 125 buzzy, strange, experimental, and just plain weird features (and more
There have already been so many books written about the work of David Lynch, and it seems like an industry that will only explode in the coming years now that his filmography is tragically complete. Now that writers can see the full breadth of Lynch’s output from the early short films through “Blue Velvet,” “Twin
Family travel can add up fast. Tickets, lunch, parking, snacks and the gift shop. But there’s a cents-savvy solution to family fun just a day trip away. Omaha has free things to do, value-packed stops and neighborhoods worth exploring. Here’s how to stretch your dollar without skimping on the fun. Start with
I should have written about “Bob’s Funeral” last month for Father’s Day, since it is about fatherhood and how some get it right and some get it wrong. It’s a documentary told from a son’s point of view, someone trying to get answers about his family’s past and why his grandfather’s funeral was so somber
In Czech director Jana Hojdová’s raw, brazenly honest documentary, “Robert Richardson: The White Devil,” the legendary director of photography finds himself in a curious position. After decades capturing a plethora of towering films: “Platoon,” “Born on the Fourth of July,” “A Few Good Men,” “Casino,” “Kill Bill: Volume I & II,” “Shutter Island,” “Once Upon
July 4th marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. Speaking as someone old enough to have personally experienced the 200th anniversary way back in 1976—talking to my children about history, I used to add “When cave-kids rode dinosaurs to school”—I’m bummed out that it’s not a bigger deal. But
It can often be a blessing and a curse when a series gets a two-season order. Yes, it’s nice to give creators a vote of confidence to extend their storytelling across multiple seasons. On the other hand, it sometimes leads to seasons like the third of Apple TV +’s once-excellent “Silo,” an outing that feels
Take this as a sequel to my piece that ran two days ago, “Retreating From The Elephant,” about the dismal state of the independent American cinema. Here we look at the hard-yet-uplifting sophomore feature “Millennium Bugs” by Alejandro Montoya Marín, his version of a 2000s feel-good comedy. The devil works hard, but Alejandro works harder.
The boom of superhero television shows that began to dominate the genre at the beginning of the 2020s has thankfully receded. It’s not to say that there isn’t value in the superhero genre expanding to a different medium, but the sheer number of series released within the Marvel universe quickly became a chore to consume