For Albert Maysles’ final documentary feature he chose to focus on 94-year-old New York fashion mainstay Iris Apfel. The film Iris documents Apfel’s careers as a fashion icon, interior designer, jewelry designer, and all around taste-maker. Much of the movie is made up of “day in the life” style segments, following Iris to meetings, […]
It’s always good to see quality local productions, and Almost Mercy doesn’t disappoint. Almost Mercy presents us with the story of small town outcasts Jackson and Emily, two burgeoning sociopaths who grew up being picked on, put down and put in their place by the arbiters of so-called normal society. Jackson and Emily meet in […]
Lost River is a failing Detroit area town named after its reservoir, which was created by flooding a nearby town where streetlights can still be seen hovering above the water’s surface. We meet many of Lost River’s inhabitants and the film focuses on mother and son Billie and Bones. Billie needs a job to […]
Dark Star is a documentary that gives us an intimate view of the life and world of acclaimed artist H.R. Giger. We are treated to interviews with those who knew him best as well as given limited, but important background information on his upbringing. The film documents his cluttered home, a trip to an […]
Neither Malcolm McDowell, Jane Seymour, nor Keith Carradine* ever won an Academy Award for acting, but they all contribute Oscar-level performances to Bereave, a low-budget drama that won the big jury prize, Best Feature, at the recent Southeastern New England Film Festival (SENE Fest) in Providence. Independent film usually concentrates on genres such as horror […]
Signe Baumane is an independent animator originally from Latvia, now living and working in New York City. For years, she travelled the world with her animated shorts; most recently, she created her first feature, Rocks in My Pockets. Animation, as Signe points out, is a medium, not a genre as many label it. Anything can be […]
The organizers of SENE, the 7th annual Southeast New England Film, Music, and Arts Festival, honored individuals who have made outstanding contributions to promoting the arts. This took place during the Limelight Party, which was held Thurs, April 23, at the Warwick Museum of Art. Among the honorees were John and Betty Jane Berberian, owners […]
Lili is a 13-year-old who’s being shuttled from her mother to her father and whose best friend is her dog Hagen. Unfortunately her father doesn’t want the dog; their apartment complex has strict rules about pets, and Hungary in general seems to have some strange dog-related laws such as having to pay a fine for […]
In Unfriended, six friends are terrorized via the internet on the one year anniversary of former friend Laura’s suicide due to cyber bullying after an embarrassing video is posted online. That may sound overly simplistic, but the film’s simple premise works and to explain any more of the story would give away plot points and twists. […]
I tend to review movies that are screening in some theatrical capacity, but want to occasionally talk about a movie that missed us theatrically and is on DVD and Blu Ray. This time it’s Digging Up The Marrow, a recent movie from Massachusetts-born filmmaker Adam Green, which features other locals as well. The basic set-up […]