A Nightmare on Elm Street
Wes Craven’s 1984 original was already a cult classic by the time I got around…
Month: April 2010
The Back-Up Plan
Most movies about romance have the typical plot of a couple meeting, getting married, then…
2010 Dallas International Film Festival Winners
DALLAS – APRIL 16, 2010 — The Dallas Film Society Honors presented Ryan Piers Williams’…
Winter’s Bone
Adapted from Daniel Woodrell’s novel, Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone is the modern western. In the…
Thunder Soul
You’re more likely to hear the names Nile Rodgers and Bootsy Collins in discussions of…
Hold
The film begins simply enough. A man flirts with a girl at a party, dismissing…
My Tehran for Sale
Marzieh (Marzieh Vafamehr) is a young performing artist in Tehran. Behind the veil of Islam,…
Kick-Ass
After sitting through a week of fascinating, independent films, I have no idea why I’m…