Independent
GGS
If you go to the film’s Kickstarter website, you will find this description: “GGS is a thriller short film that explores issues such as government surveillance, food deserts, power dynamics, family loyalty, honesty and betrayal.” Filmmaker David Holcombe has this to say about the film: “The script was built around this image to include many [...]
Clacson
Clacson is a cleverly-titled short film exposing the disadvantages of human error in an ironic and entertaining way. The film, whose title means “horn” in Italian, was filmed in Milan, Italy. The camerawork is nice, and definitely unconventional when compared to American films. Some of the angles are very unique. There is also a bit [...]
Put Up Your Dux
In 1988, the classic Jean-Claude Van Damme film Bloodsport was released. All hardcore martial arts fans immediately lose any and all credibility if they do not adore this movie. It is the definition of a cult classic, a giant in the martial arts film genre. The film purports to tell the true story of a [...]
Attack of the Moon Zombies
In 2006, Wisconsin-based filmmaker Christopher R. Mihm released his first feature film The Monster of Phantom Lake. A loving tribute to the 1950s creature features Mihm grew up watching with his father, Mihm’s first film established the blueprint for his subsequent oeuvre: low-budget black & white features shot on the cheap that aim not to [...]
Make Believe by J. Clay Tweel
The documentary, Make Believe, directed by J. Clay Tweel, will make you believe in the power of magic. The film follows six teens competing in the World Magic Seminar’s Teen Competition in Las Vegas. This prestigious competition is extremely tough to be accepted into, but once young magicians are in, they know they have talent. [...]
The Loneliest Road In America
This early-effort film, The Loneliest Road in America features a cast and crew entirely comprised of new-comers to the motion picture screen. Director Mardana M. Mayginnes and actor Colin Michael Day met at The University of Denver and later worked in a commercial house in Los Angeles. Disgruntled with the daily grind and script in [...]
Megan is Missing
Another entry into the ever growing subgenre of found footage frighteners. Megan is Missing tells the story of a pair of teenage girls, BFFs Megan and Amy, two 14 year olds who virtually conduct their friendship in the virtual world. They have endless skype conversations, chat on their video phones, make home movies, and vlog [...]
Fagbug Update: Car Owner Receives Death Threats
Last summer I reviewed the very thought-provoking documentary, Fagbug. Erin Davies had come out to her Volkswagen Beetle one day to find someone had painted “u r gay” and “fag” on it because of a small rainbow sticker she had on the car. While waiting for several days for the insurance company to view the [...]
Let Me In
Writer/Director Matt Reeves doesn’t want you to think of Let Me In as a replacement of the brilliant 2008 Swedish import Let the Right One In. Instead, he wants you to think of it as the American companion piece, that would sit along side the original. In other words, the original movie gave you a [...]
Scumbabies
As the market for independent films becomes more and more crowded, it can be tough for filmmakers to get their work noticed. In the case of Joseph R. Lewis’s Scumbabies, the writer/director Lewis decided to debut his finished film with a variety show. There were musical performances by artists whose songs appeared in the film, [...]
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