Happy People: A Year in the TaigaBy Bernard Boo Werner Herzog chops up and rearranges footage from a Russian television documentary about Bakhtia, a remote Siberian village on the Yenisei river, and provides his signature lyrical narration...
As High As The SkyBy Dustin Jansick As High As The Sky felt like it was a personal sentimental film from writer and director Nikki Braendlin. Lead by an all-female cast, As High As The Sky...
Wild Girl WaltzBy Amy Priest I wasn’t sure what to make of Wild Girl Waltz to begin with; I was hesitant to say I liked it but at the same time I didn’t want...
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (SF IndieFest)By Bernard Boo A decade in-the-making, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X is a retro-tinted window into the mind of director Paul Bunnell, mashing together influences from sci-fi B-movie flicks like Flash...
LoreBy Ananda Dillon When a movie takes place directly before, during, or after World War II in Germany, there is little doubt the overall feel of the film is going to be...
The Story of Luke (SF IndieFest)By Bernard Boo After the great success of the eminently popular Juno and Little Miss Sunshine, there was a deluge of similarly suburban, witty comedies that followed. These indie dramedies, while often...
Ghosts with Shit Jobs (SF IndieFest)By Bernard Boo Directors Chris McCawley, Jim Morrison, Jim Munroe, and Tate Young’s take on the dehumanization and sterilization of North Americans is inventive, but Ghosts with Shit Jobs often falls flat...
The Diary of Preston PlummerBy Dustin Jansick The Diary of Preston Plummer feels like a very personal film for writer and director Sean Ackerman; essentially about two young souls that fall in love and discover they...
UndefeatedBy Blake Ginithan The winner of last year’s Academy Award for Best Documentary, Undefeated, tells the story of Bill Courtney and his rag tag group of footballers at Manassas High School in...
The Naked ZinesterBy Amy Priest Awesome, just – awesome. This short documentary, The Naked Zinester, explores the life and work of Aaron Tsuru and from Jon Nix’s directorial style we get to go up...
Only The YoungBy Dustin Jansick Filmmakers Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet observe the lives of two teenage skateboarders who must deal with the complications that life often brings to adolescents. By following these two...
Gimme The LootBy Dustin Jansick Adam Leon’s debut feature Gimme The Loot was an instant hit when it first premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and won the Grand Jury prize. The film made...
LUVBy Bernard Boo LUV, by first-time director and co-writer Sheldon Candis, poses the question: Are today’s black, inner-city youths predestined to become corrupted by the murderous environment left to them by their...
Hello I Must Be GoingBy Dustin Jansick Ten years after premiering Love Liza at the Sundance Film Festival, Todd Louiso returns to the festival with his latest film, Hello I Must Be Going. The synopsis of...
