★★★★ Queer director Carter Smith’s latest, The Passenger, is a colorful, gorgeously-filmed horror/thriller that also happens to be an intimate character study. Scream kings Kyle Gallner (2022’s Scream, Smile) and Johnny Berchtold (Snow Falls, A Hard Problem) headline this disturbing story depicting an intense rampage across a dying small town. Lou scribe Jack Stanley layers … Continue reading Film Review: The Passenger
Film Review: Dog Gone
★★★ Any canine lover can tell you that some of the most relatable, oftentimes poignant things to watch are dog movies! Leave it to Netflix to go down this trail, thankfully not swaying too heavily into cheesy, melodramatic territory. Based on a harrowing true story, Dog Gone ended up being a lot better than I … Continue reading Film Review: Dog Gone
Film Review: Snow Falls
★★ Viewing two Johnny Berchtold films back to back was a surprisingly early-year double feature that I had never expected to occur. Unfortunately, Dog Gone was definitely the better of the two. Snow Falls establishes a tense atmosphere, but then quietly squanders it the deeper the film goes. The characters aren’t anything special either, punctuated … Continue reading Film Review: Snow Falls