Digger (dir. Georgis Grigorakis): Philadelphia Film Festival review
A very entertaining window into an unfamiliar world, filled with familiar characterizations of real, devastatingly human people.
View More Digger (dir. Georgis Grigorakis): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewNight of the Kings (dir. Philippe Lacôte): Philadelphia Film Festival review
The movie rocks. I’ve never seen anything like it.
View More Night of the Kings (dir. Philippe Lacôte): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewMLK/FBI (dir. Sam Pollard): Philadelphia Film Festival review
We often forget that back in the day, civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was a very controversial figure.
View More MLK/FBI (dir. Sam Pollard): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewDeath of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (1949): Chosen by Committee episode 28
We talk about Arthur Miller, specifically Death of.a Salesman (1949) with a dash of All my Sons, as a treat.
View More Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (1949): Chosen by Committee episode 28I’m Your Woman (2020 – dir. Julia Hart): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Complex characters and shocking plot twists in service of a story that brings a female flavor to a typically male-dominated subgenre
View More I’m Your Woman (2020 – dir. Julia Hart): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewPiffaro joins Carillon at Miraculous Medal Shrine in Germantown
Piffaro’s stream offered advantages a live concert would never have afforded.
View More Piffaro joins Carillon at Miraculous Medal Shrine in GermantownCome True (2020 – dir. Anthony Scott Burns): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Immediately striking, and consistently spooky for almost the entirety of its runtime
View More Come True (2020 – dir. Anthony Scott Burns): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewThe Witmans (2020 – dir. David Peterson): Philadelphia Film Festival review
The Witman family has gone through a tragedy so unimaginable that it couldn’t possibly be written into fiction.
View More The Witmans (2020 – dir. David Peterson): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewSound of Metal (2019 – dir. Darius Marder): Philadelphia Film Festival review
A slower, quieter movie than the marketing would have you believe, but that’s ultimately a good thing
View More Sound of Metal (2019 – dir. Darius Marder): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewGunda (2020 – dir. Victor Kosakovkiy): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Who knew seeing an adolescent pig pee for a very, very long time could be such high art
View More Gunda (2020 – dir. Victor Kosakovkiy): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewShakespeare in Clark Park revisits its theater for Every Everyman
A movie about the socially distanced Pageant Wagon that toured West Philly this Fall.
View More Shakespeare in Clark Park revisits its theater for Every EverymanBanksy Most Wanted (2020 – dir. Seamus Haley, Laurent Richard, Aurélia Rouvier): Philadelphia Film Festival review
We all know who Banksy is, it’s just that we don’t know who, specifically, Banksy is.
View More Banksy Most Wanted (2020 – dir. Seamus Haley, Laurent Richard, Aurélia Rouvier): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewCome Play (dir. Jacob Chase): Film review
Next in a long line of “horror short gets expanded to feature length” projects
View More Come Play (dir. Jacob Chase): Film reviewKubrick by Kubrick (2020 – dir. Gregory Monro): Philadelphia Film Festival review
A mysterious figure, top to bottom, Kubrick is a man from another time.
View More Kubrick by Kubrick (2020 – dir. Gregory Monro): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewJumbo (2020 – dir. Zoé Wittick): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Jumbo manages to accurately depict the feeling of romance as well as accurately describe the feeling of fetishization.
View More Jumbo (2020 – dir. Zoé Wittick): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewMiracle Fishing (2020 – dir. Miles Hargrove & Christopher Birge): Philadelphia Film Festival review
An intense story that resembles what we see in a standard thriller, but being real life
View More Miracle Fishing (2020 – dir. Miles Hargrove & Christopher Birge): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewLooking Back: An early Pig Iron production
ames Joyce is Dead And So Is Paris was presented at Christ Church Annex in Old City in 2003. It was something else!
View More Looking Back: An early Pig Iron productionNew Order (2020 – dir. Michel Franco): Philadelphia Film Festival review
This movie is going to upset a lot of people. Good.
View More New Order (2020 – dir. Michel Franco): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewApples (2020 – dir. Christos Nikou): Philadelphia Film Festival review
A mostly quiet tale, carried by the human performances and minimalist plot
View More Apples (2020 – dir. Christos Nikou): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewLightning Rod Special presents SUPERHOST, a Halloween audio thriller
Listening party on October 27th and available for streaming on Lightning Rod Special’s website starting October 28th
View More Lightning Rod Special presents SUPERHOST, a Halloween audio thriller