At the heart of a lot of John Hughes’ most popular movies from the 1980s, there was, broadly speaking, tension between an uptight geek and a jock or more extroverted…
When Brad Pitt, as a producer-star, tackled the sprawling movie adaptation of Max Brooks’ zombie novel “World War Z,” there was a lot of talk about the zombie genre having…
Title: Detention of the Dead Director: Alex Craig Mann Starring: Jacob Zachar, Jayson Blair, Christa Allen, Alexa Nikolas, Justin Chon, Max Adler “World War Z” is busy presently chewing up…
Title: A Band Called Death Directors: Mark Covino, Jeff Howlett In the vein of “Searching for Sugar Man” and “Anvil! The Story of Anvil,” earnest and engaging nonfiction feature “A…
Title: Evocateur: The Morton Downey, Jr. Movie Directors: Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger Before reality television became a genre unto itself, before dubiously achieved demi-celebrity became an…
Title: Code Black Director: Ryan McGarry Filmmakers arrive at a life behind the camera in all sorts of manners these days. But perhaps one of the best things about the…
Title: My Sister’s Quinceañera Director: Aaron Douglas Johnston Starring: Silas Garcia, Samantha Rae Garcia, Becky Garcia, Nicole Streat, Elizabeth Agapito Evincing a mood and rooted sense of place more than…
Title: From the Head Director: George Griffith Starring: George Griffith, Samantha Lemole, Ahna O’Reilly, Matthew Lillard, Jon Polito, Jeffrey Doornbos A movie of considerable if to-scale surprises, micro-budgeted indie “From…
Title: My Stolen Revolution Director: Nahid Persson Sarvestani Ben Affleck’s Oscar-winning “Argo” opened up some eyes to the Iranian Revolution, which — largely owing to American support for the overthrown…
