There is a persistent torpor to REMINISCENCE, a film that tries to be many things and fails for the most part. Rife with visuals that evoke a disquieting dreamlike state, the story, an ersatz neo-noir set mostly between sunset and sunrise, drones along with the cinematic equivalent of a mosquito’s interminable buzz on a humid… Read More »
DUCK
DUCK is a bittersweet little film that charts an uneven course between comedy and drama. When it works, it is heartbreaking and heartwarming, when it doesn’t, it’s a shame. It doesn’t fit into any neat category, which might explain its limited theatrical release in 2007, but it’s that very thing that makes it a bright… Read More »
Briar March Remembers that THERE ONCE WAS AN ISLAND
THERE ONCE WAS AN ISLAND is about more than just climate change. Briar March focuses on the impact that the rising waters has on the population of the island of Taku, and the hard choices they are forced to make when the encroaching water makes life increasingly difficult. When we spoke on March 9, 2012… Read More »