Kristian Lin
Sound of Metal: The Rest Is Silence
Like many other things in this world, movies tend not to be made for deaf people. Sure, one can always turn on the subtitles...
Happiest Season: Straight Faces
Gay people have many movies to call their own but not a Christmas movie. When you consider that Lifetime, Hallmark, and Netflix put out...
Martin Eden: London, Italy
This past February, I would have bet money that The Call of the Wild would be the best Jack London adaptation of the year....
Film Shorts
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Buddy Games (R) Josh Duhamel makes his directing debut and co-stars in this comedy about a group of friends who reunite for a series...
The Climb: Worstie
The Climb begins with a deliciously funny nine-minute single take, as best friends Mikey (Michael Angelo Covino) and Kyle (Kyle Marvin) cycle up a...
Freaky: Kill Switch
Three years ago, Christopher Landon’s Happy Death Day found some great laughs by applying the conceit of Groundhog Day to a slasher film. Now,...
Ammonite: Museum Piece
I hate making the same comparison as every other film critic, but sometimes two movies bear so many similarities that ignoring it only makes...
Film Shorts
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Blindfire (NR) Brian Geraghty stars in this thriller as a white police officer who tries to clear his name after killing an innocent African-American...
Alone Star
As I’ve mentioned before, the Lone Star Film Festival went entirely online this past week, so I had the new experience of taking in...
Film Shorts
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Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man (NR) Allen Farst’s documentary profiles the legendary rock keyboardist. Also with Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, John Mayer,...
