How better to roll in a 2020 Christmas than with a review of a Hitchcockian thriller in which the characters learn to question everything they’re told and begin to wonder, am I really loved? The directorial debut of Barak Barkan, Silence & Darkness, is atmospheric, suspenseful & shocking. Two disabled sisters;
Actors transitioning to the director's chair is fairly common in Hollywood, but few have been as maddeningly inconsistent as Oscar-winner George Clooney. The superb actor registered a few notable splashes early on (Good Night and Good Luck and Ides of March are both riveting), but has since struggled despite his
Alma (Ginger Gilmartin) and Elizabeth (Mary Buss) are sisters, although as sisters often are, they very rarely see eye to eye. One day they reconnect with an old friend, Wesley (Ben Hall) who they haven’t seen for twenty years and he comes to stay, but Alma’s son, Percy (Sheridan McMichael)
2010's Skyline was a forgettable dud, with a visual-effects laden trailer masking the cheap and overly-simplistic film underneath the surface (I remember being foolishly optimistic for the film based on the trailer). Instead of letting the brand vanish into the ether, producer/screenwriter Liam O'Donnell revived the franchise with 2017's Beyond
A young black woman, ready to leave boarding school, struggles with pressures to make changes to her identity for a job in the City. Dọlápọ̀’s hair, a resplendent afro, is the most striking thing about her appearance, and something she takes obvious pride in. Her school-friends, as we come to learn,
