“We are finally able to see the fruits of post-pandemic productions and it’s a sight to behold,” said Michael Lerman, co-founder and director of film programming of The Overlook Film Festival. “This year’s lineup is full of bigger, scarier, more personal, more bombastic fever dreams that are sure to haunt you for the rest of 2024.” – Article by Gregg W. Morris
The Hunter College men’s and women’s intercollegiate athletic teams have established a legacy of success in recent decades at the conference, regional, and national levels of competition. With a philosophy of “scheduling up,” Hunter athletic squads compete against…
There are nifty scenes, shots, dialogue palaver and plot elements that true blue film aficionados and film cognoscente will recognize as promising. – Review by Gregg W. Morris
“Showcasing 45 World Premieres and 77 U.S. Premieres from 48 Countries” – Article by Gregg W. Morris
The anniversary of the infamous November 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol got me to thinking about writing this column. Note that the date says 2023. That’s about the time it was beginning to wither on the vine. Years earlier,…
News media stories galore – “Israel Faces Accusation of Genocide as South Africa Brings Case to U.N. Court” and “Don’t Turn Away From the Charges of Genocide Against Israel” and “U.N. Warns Gaza Is Heading for Famine as Specter of Wider War Looms.” Spellbinding, veracious documentaries like this one are desperately needed. Review by Gregg W. Morris.
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“2023 was an exceptional year with so many women playing major creative roles in high profile projects,” AWFJ President Jennifer Merin was quoted as saying. “AWFJ always focuses on and supports women’s contributions in all aspects of film production, and we are delighted that this year’s AWFJ EDA Awards honor women creatives in six of our 10non-gendered BEST OF categories, as well as in all of our Female Focus categories. We hope this female forward trend will continue in 2024.” (Drew Barrymore, however, was one of three who got a nasty sneer.) – Article by Gregg W. Morris
A trailblazing, avant-garde, horror movie swelling beyond “normal” cinematic horror dimensions – deserving this reviewer’s rarely invoked WWCEA rating: WOW-WOW-CAVEAT-EMPTOR-esque-ALERT.
——It’s a powerful sensory cinematic experience that may be challenging for some viewers as it was for some reviewers because of the filmmakers’ creative us of a werecreature, which is a shapeshifter that can metamorphose from human to a particular animal form.
——Nevertheless, audiences in search of a really, really scary movie should not be deterred nor befuddled by the first appearance ever in a movie of a weremonster that isn’t a werewolf. This horror movie is sublime in so many ways waiting to be discovered by audiences!
Review by Gregg W. Morris.