SO LONG A LETTER, the opening night film for 32nd NY African Film Festival, was followed by an Audience Q&A With Director Angèle Diabang, Festival Director KareBn McMullan and Sophie Aziakou, who assisted as a translator. Some Key Points of…
Category: Film/TV Reviews
THIS LAND: Eye Opening, Awe-Inspiring Award-Winning Short Film Documentary Telling the Incredible Story of Ganienkeh, a Sovereign Mohawk Community in Upstate New York
Poignant and timely. An awe-inspiring, must-watch for those interested in – and those who should be interested in – social justice, real American history and the power of grassroots movements to make things happen positively. The film does not blink at the violence and menace perpetrated by non-Native Americans nor does it shrink from it but the footnotes shouldn’t be ignored. Filmmaker Mike Bradley offers viewers the rare opportunity to engage with a powerhouse cinematic narrative of resistance, cultural preservation and the ongoing struggle for indigenous rights.
– By Gregg W. Morris, the WORD
VULCANIZADORA: An Enigmatic, Esoteric Film by an Award Winning Director Whose Movie Has a Posse of Film Aficionados Singing Its Praises While Scratching Their Heads
“Auditorium Movendum Caveat Ab Hoc Cinematographico”: This film is flushed with graphic depictions of shredded jaws, self-harm and flagellation and reproach, physical cruelty, human combustion and other horrors. It should not be viewed by children, the elderly or, the gods forbid, the squeamish. – Article, Review by Gregg W. Morris
Part 2 YADANG: THE SNITCH (2025)
A Rhapsodic, Kinetically Charged, Roller Coaster Ride of Relentless in Yer Face Action and Sanguineous Violence Opened April 25 in Theaters in the U.S. and Canada YADANG: THE SNITCH weaves the fates of three men: 1, an informant AKA as…
YADANG: THE SNITCH (2025) Is a Rhapsodic, Kinetically Charged, Roller Coaster Ride of Relentless in Yer Face Action and Sanguineous Violence – Part 1
The film delves into the hidden world of criminal wheeling and dealing in South Korea, and centers on the enigmatic figure of Yadang, a major facilitator as a dime-dropping snitch in the underground drug trade. YADANG THE SNITCH Filmmakers insist that their movie is the first of its kind, setting it apart from conventional action crime film in South Korea. – Article, Review by Gregg W. Morris
Opening on Digital Platforms April 15, CALL OF THE VOID (2025). To Be or Not to Be: A Hoot? A Ding-Dong? A Hum-Dinger?
CALL OF THE VOID has received mixed reviews. It’s been pitched publicity-wise and marketing-wise and advertising-wise as a folk horror with Lovecraftian touches focusing on the grisly psychological impact of a strange hum and its connection to something otherworldly. – Review, Article by Gregg W. Morris
SCREAMBOAT Red Carpet, March 31, 2025 @ Regal Theaters AMC Newport Centre – Part 2
SCREAMBOAT cast includes David Howard Thornton (the “Terrifier” franchise’s Art the Clown), Allison Pittel (“Stream”), Amy Schumacher (“The Mean One”), Jesse Posey (“Selena”), Jesse Kove (“Cobra Kai”), Kailey Hyman (“Terrifier 2”), Rumi C Jean-Louis (“Hightown”), Jarlath Conroy (George A. Romero’s…
Part II: Film Review of THE HEIRLOOM, A Rom-Com Psychodrama With Paradoxical Plot and Narrative Twists That Can Be Mesmerizing
THE HEIRLOOM is Heavy with a capitol H. “This is a true story” flashes briefly at the beginning of the film. It is a semi-autobiographical piece, drawing, heavily, on a couple’s real-life adoption of a rescue dog, Dilly, during the pandemic, and the strains on the couple’s relationship, according to numerous cyber film synopses and descriptions easily found on Google. This reviewer regards the COVID-19 Pandemic as an existential menace, that showed us what the gates of hell might look like. – Review, Article by Gregg W. Morris, Editor, Reviewer.
OVERLOOK FILM FESTIVAL – PART 2 – Kitchen Sink and All the Rest in the First Wave
Taking place April 3 – April 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Prytania Theatres, the horror festival will welcome audiences back to America’s most haunted city with a terrifying selection of new and classic films as well as the extensive offs-screen offerings including interactive events, live performances, immersive programming and special guests that the annual horror staple has become known for. By Gregg W. Morris, Editor, Reviewer
Overlook Film Festival – Part 1
Taking place April 3 – April 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Prytania Theatres, the horror festival will welcome audiences back to America’s most haunted city with a terrifying selection of new and classic films as well as the extensive offscreen offerings including interactive events, live performances, immersive programming and special guests that the annual horror staple has become known for. – By Gregg W. Morris, Editor, Reviewer