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Machete Kills
When approaching my critique of Machete Kills—Robert Rodriguez‘s second entry into the eponymous character’s bloody B-movie saga that started with a fake trailer and continued in 2010’s Machete–I made the firm decision to not deny my inner 9-year-old that was...
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Mill Valley Film Festival: Days 4 & 5
On day 4 of the Mill Valley Film Festival, Sean Penn made a rare appearance to support The Human Experiment, a new documentary by co-directors Don Hardy Jr. and Dana Nachman that Penn narrates and executive produced. The beautifully shot...
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Interview: Nick Ryan and Pemba Gyalje Sherpa of The Summit
Director Nick Ryan’s new documentary, The Summit, recounts the horrific events that took place in August, 2008, on the deadliest mountain in the world, K2, which looms over the world in Northern Pakistan. 18 experienced mountaineers–including Ger McDonnell, Pemba Gyalje...
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Finding Hillywood
Do not be deceived by its gorgeous landscapes, Rwanda is still feeling the effect of the painfully horrific genocidal mass slaughter of its people. Finding Hillywood shows the attempts to heal and educate Rwandans through local filmmaking from passionate...
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Interview: Danny Trejo of Machete Kills
Starting as the character “Uncle Machete” in the first Spy Kids movie in 2001, DIY director Robert Rodriguez and legitimate badass Danny Trejo have breathed life into the character we now know as Machete, a Mexican anti-hero, bringer of over-the-top...
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Mill Valley Film Festival: Finding Hillywood & 4 Short Films
The New Environmentalists This documentary takes you across the world from Iraq to Columbia to Indonesia and others to share six different stories from environmental activists who seek to improve the quality of life for all. Narrated by Robert...
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Ass Backwards
Sometimes a film can be so bad its existence is baffling. Ass Backwards, a comedy co-written by stars June Diane Raphael and Casey Wilson, is a perfect example of that kind of movie. With a script so painfully unfunny...
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Mill Valley Film Festival: Day 3 Recap
On day 3 of the festival, rising teen idols and a CSI star flashed their pearly whites (for good causes), young songstresses made the crowd swoon at a legendary nightclub, and the classiest “madman” actor of all received a...
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Mill Valley Film Festival: Day 2 Recap
After a jam-packed opening night full of excitement and energy, day two of the Mill Valley Film Festival was a day of more narrowed focus. At the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center (long name, but a simple, pristine...
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Watch: We Are What We Are Featurette
Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are (a remake of the 2010 Mexican horror film of the same name) received a lot of buzz from its Sundance premiere earlier in the year though we first saw the film a...
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What Scares Us The Most In Movies
Our monthly staff features of past have usually been reserved for top ten lists regarding a certain subject, genre or even anticipation lists pertaining to film festivals. With this monthly feature we went through a few ideas before settling...
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Our Thoughts & Favorite Films From South Dakota Film Festival
A few weeks ago I had started some serious contemplation on the South Dakota Film Festival. I’ve really only been to one film festival in my lifetime, but it was a big one, the Toronto International Film Festival. For...
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Mill Valley Film Festival: Day 1 Recap
Nestled in the green, redwood-populated hills of Mill Valley, the 36th Mill Valley Film Festival kicked off with a duo of gorgeous dramas: Alexander Payne’s Nebraska and Brian Percival’s The Book Thief. The arrival of several special guests from the films...
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Trailer: Escape From Tomorrow
The initial responses from Escape From Tomorrow’s Sundance premiere were a bit contradicting. Most critics teased us by saying it is a must see film, but one that we probably won’t be able to see because the film was...
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