Shot Through the Heart – Batman: The Long Halloween

This is Harvey Dent’s story: the tale of a good man gone bad, and how close to the line we all walk when we bend the rules or see our good efforts gone to waste against the darkness.

Halloween Scores with a Desperately Needed Course-Correction

Those Carpenter piano notes get me right in the terror bone every single time they pop up. Seriously, that still gets to me.

Suspiria – Vile, Depraved, and Stunning

Wow. That was…something else, that’s for damned sure.

Shot Through the Heart – The Devil’s Backbone

Yeah yeah, I hear you. Oh sure, Pan’s Labyrinth is your favorite Del Toro movie. Oh…what’s that you say? It takes his filmography and wraps it in a tight bow?

Lies. Nothing but lies.

Shot Through the Heart – Never Let Me Go

There’s an ocean inside of each one of us, a well inside that is desperate to come bursting forth in … More

Tallgrass Film Festival: Wrap-Up

I have to thank a few people for going through the wringer with me in some way, shape, or form.

Tallgrass Film Festival Review: White Tide – The Legend of Culebra

A Northern fairy tale starts with, “once upon a time.” A southern one starts, “y’all ain’t gonna believe this … More

Tallgrass Film Festival Review: The Last Suit

Cantankerous old men have long been a thing I loved in film. I was turned on to A Man Called … More

Tallgrass Film Festival Review: Shoplifters

Hirokazu Kore-eda has tackled the idea that family may be more than just blood, it may be about connection.

Tallgrass Film Festival Review: Claire McKenna

Film festivals can be a great thing for short films. I’ve only had the chance to hit one collection … More