The Giverny Document (Single Channel)By Ja'Tovia Gary

"Do you feel safe in your body?"  (Preface: I've been struggling with this post for a while now, wishing I could rewatch the...

Rubber Pencil Devil by Alex Da Corte

Catching the stream of Alex Da Corte' s art-film opus Rubber Pencil Devil a third of the way through, I quickly tried to adjust my brain...

Animal Slaughter in Documentary Film (A Slideshow?)

  ...slide 2 is a menu, or you can just sit here and watch straight through. 

The Muriel Awards: Uncut Gems

The 2019 Muriel Awards Are Diamonds Forever?  Uncut Gems  and My Existential Crisis “I never thought a film about basketball gambli...

2019’s Ten Best Films Directed By Women

2019’s Ten Best Films Directed By Women

Cine-Excess 2019

I answered an open call for papers for Cine-Excess , a cult/horror conference and film festival currently in its 13th year (fitting!) an...

Muriels Hall of Fame, Class of 2019: It's A Wonderful Life

" Anyone can end up grappling their fate like George Bailey but it is the tiny town of Bedford Falls collectively striving for a future...

Review: The Souvenir/dir. Joanna Hogg

" While watching the film one is subsumed into its quiet intensity and grainy beauty, urged to lean in closer to the intimate spaces ...

Notes From Oberhausen Short Film Festival

Notes From Oberhausen Short Film Festival-- May 1-6 2019 Oberhausen, Germany   Throughout its sixty-five years, Oberhausen Short Film F...