Filmmaker Olivia Silver’s debut narrative is a rather interminable road movie that spends so long getting nowhere. A dysfunctional young family is forced by their father to suddenly move across country from New England to California. At dawn one morning he simply hustles them into his station wagon heading towards a new job and a … Continue reading
I guess this new hip, slightly grubby, apocalyptic indie movie could be classified as ‘mumblecore* plus’ i.e. it’s a tad more professional (despite the minuscule budget) and more accessible than others in that genre. It’s about two young men barely grown up who are best friends, good looking, immensely personable, very funny and quick-witted, and who are … Continue reading
Eighty-year-old Alistar plans to take a road trip to a village in Germany to apologize for the fact that he accidentally dropped bombs on them as RAF flyer on his first mission during WW2 when he was just 18 years old. He is now a crotchety old fart constantly bickering with his long-suffering spouse and … Continue reading
Is actually a small beautiful movie even though it is essential not about a great deal. Sarah is a woman with an insatiable desire for tinkering with all manner of things driven by technology : its not just her job but also her passion. When one such gadget is a tiny pregnancy tester that turns … Continue reading
Thirtysomething Thom is having another bad day. He fails to convince an Agent to give him his first break into photography, his Landlord has evicted him for not paying the rent yet again, and the illegal taxi cab he cheaply bought at an auction won’t start. It does eventually and Thom sets out into the … Continue reading