Curious Western viewers may have checked out Mariam Ghani’s documentary “What We Left Unfinished” for its window into the previously unseen world of Afghan film.  But a few tantalizing insights ultimately can’t compensate for a highly unsatisfying experience. Several films
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Art film lovers know that April heralds the annual arrival of the SFFILM Festival.  But there are some differences for this 62nd edition. First, the two-week event runs a bit early this year, going from April 10-23, 2019.  Second, there
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Writer Greg Rucka and artist Michael Lark debuted their near future-set Image Comics series “Lazarus” in 2013.  It immersed readers in a future where economic inequality is a hundred times worse than the present day.  Thanks to the Macau Accords
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Alison Klayman establishes in the opening minutes of her Steve Bannon portrait “The Brink” what a moral Superfund site her subject is.  The former executive chair of the far-right wing Breitbart News site recalls a visit to Auschwitz and Birkenau
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Julio Hernandez Cordon’s intriguing if ultimately flawed drama “Buy Me A Gun” might be called a coming of age story set in the midst of a living nightmare.  Taking place in a near future Mexico where the drug cartels run
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The “Mindbenders” short films program brought together stories utilizing tropes from the fantastic genres.  Only one or two shorts distinguished themselves from this general assemblage of cinematic mediocrities.             Kicking things off was Joshua Dawson’s “Loa’s Promise.”  This futuristic travelogue took
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A house break-in with a personal connection inspired director Laura Somers to create the ensemble drama “Rich Kids.”  According to the director, while her parents were away from their Houston, Texas mansion, a group of poor neighborhood kids broke into
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“The Chairs Game” referenced in the title of Lucia Charla’s drama is what we Americans know as the game of musical chairs.  For film protagonist Alice Liddell, the figurative game’s stakes range from employment to keeping up appearances. The employment
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