“Waking Ned Devine meets Mr. Ed” is how I describe director Louise Osmond’s superbly crafted documentary, Dark Horse. It was the first film I saw at Sundance Film Festival amid a flurry of schedules, events, and access to the eWaitlist. The title sparked my interest–I like horses and always root for the underdog. As it turns out I’m happy to be part of the collective buzz that calls this one a winner. Dream Alliance is the talking...
I love a good scare and The Hallow did it for me setting a new scream level during my Sundance Egyptian Theatre at Midnight horror fix. It was the film’s first weekend Sunday night premiere and the eWaitlist had me at number 84 followed by a postscript of 24 waitlisters dropping out in the past ten minutes. Goody. Gives me a chance at seeing this Irish-based fairy tales turned into hordes of scary monsters from the hallowed grounds in the...
ACROSS THE SEA (Deniz Seviyesi), a Turkish story of life, loving and living was a hands down audience favorite winning the Slamdance 2015 Audience Award for Narrative Feature. The logline reads: Damla is a Turkish immigrant estranged from her homeland; she lives in New York City with her husband Kevin, expecting their first child. But Damla is still haunted by memories of her first love and when she returns to Turkey with Kevin she has to...