★★★ An intimate addiction drama that weaves together multiple storylines, examining poverty in many different facets—stop me if you've heard this one before! Even though the general logline of Cotton Fever will feel familiar to just about anyone who has attended a film festival, writer/director Daniel Blake Schwartz injects personal experience into his layered screenplay … Continue reading Tribeca 2026: Cotton Fever
Film Review: Carolina Caroline
★★★★ Doomed romantic crime thrillers are a dime a dozen, but when executed well, they can become classics of the genre. Looking to films such as Natural Born Killers, Bonnie and Clyde, and even Bound for inspiration, filmmaker Adam Rehmeier and screenwriter Tom Dean craft a harrowing story lifted up by two bold performances. Kyle … Continue reading Film Review: Carolina Caroline
Film Review: The Passenger
★★★★ 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
TIFF 2022: Roost
★★★★ Anyone that has fears of a movie like Roost glamorizing an old/young relationship can put those feelings to rest immediately. While it is not quite a coercive control drama akin to You Mean Everything to Me or Palm Trees and Powerlines, Roost is not exactly a straight romance, either. More of a twisty dramatic … Continue reading TIFF 2022: Roost
Film Review: Dinner in America
★★★★★ Dinner in America is a twisted rom-com brimming with originality and dark humor. What begins at one extreme is constantly flipped on its head, as messages about reveling in being a punk-rock-loser speak volumes. Crude and aggressive, the brand of comedy here will be off-putting to some—this viewer, however, fell in love with the … Continue reading Film Review: Dinner in America
Film Review: Scream
★★★★★ 1996’s Scream from director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson has, over the years, become a bonafide horror classic, and for good reason. In fact, for yours truly, it remains my favorite film of all time, and subsequently the most consistent franchise in a landscape teeming with sub-par sequels. 2022’s Scream knows how amazing … Continue reading Film Review: Scream
Film Review: The Catch
★★★ The Catch is an old-fashioned crime drama set against the backdrop of coastal Maine. When Beth (Katia Winter) makes a surprise visit back home, she sets off a chain of events that effects her entire family. Still haunted by flashbacks of a tragic accident, Beth reconnects with her unstable ex-boyfriend Dicky (James McMenamin), and … Continue reading Film Review: The Catch