A kinetic, melodramatic romp of orgasmic cinematic delights with a sizzling film score, steamy dance scenes, unflinching cinematographic verisimilitude, savvy directing and acting in a family drama movie genre rarely rendered on screen: A family drama with class fused with drag culture.
A few of its many accolades: FilmOut San Diego, US, Best Supporting Actress Cloris Leachman and Best First Narrative Feature, Phil Connell; L.A. Outfest, US, Grand Jury Prize, International Feature Special Mention, Cloris Leachman; Lovers Film Festival, Italy, Young Lovers Jury, Matthew Shepherd Award, Phil Connell. More accolades inside. – Review by Gregg W. Morris.
Category: Film/TV/Video
Damn the OMICRON, Full Speed Ahead to See a Movie
GIVE OR TAKE Opening February 11 2020– And on DVD & Digital February 22, 2022
Early Reviews: The Austin Chronicle hailed it as a “genial dramedy reminiscent of Zach Braff’s GARDEN STATE.” Midwest Film Journal: The film is a refreshingly naturalistic drama with kind characters, clever writing and a sympathetic story that gives “a touching depiction of bereavement and contemplation of identity.” See lots more talk about GIVE AND TAKE in article.
By Gregg W. Morris
DOC NYC BOYCOTT Film Review – Part 2
Film Short Review
I AM, 26 Minutes of Cinematic Ebullience
A female techie, Nigerian, living the life of a recluse in a remote German forest, on an evening jog inadvertently crosses paths with an android, also female, prostate and comatose on the ground – and decides to carry it home. Stunning cinematography … but there’s one hitch: The storyline is so ephemerally gauzy and byzantine, it’s as if the the filmmakers decided that the out-of-this-world cinematography was more than enough for their film – and left it to audiences to figure out a plot for themselves.
Review by Gregg W. Morris.
A Damn the Delta Variant, Full Speed Ahead Q & A: With 6:45 Director Craig Singer
Director Craig Center’s bravura time-looping 6:45 made me recall my first time-looping film experience, or at least a version there of, when I saw the kinetically charged super rock opera JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (1973) about 60 times over a period of 5 weeks in Lisbon, Portugal. I kid you not.
Q&A by Gregg W. Morris
WITNESS INFECTION Film Review
Because human remains and “the pasquinade teeth of Vito Morelli” were somehow grounded into Tablioni’s famous meat sausage that everyone craves, residents in the California town, if not the state or the rest of the country, are at risk of becoming human shish kabobs and slop-sloppy Joes – and zombies.
By Gregg W. Morris
LOVE COMES LATELY Film Review by WORD Entertainment Editor Anakeiry Cruz
Film Review
Iranian Film Director Sonia K. Hadad’s EXAM Is Racking Up Rave Reviews
TO CALM THE PIG INSIDE (Originally ANG PAGPAKALMA SA UNOS) Film Review
Eighten-plus-minutes of exquisite black and white imagery of the gruesome and the horrific rendered beautifully in a narrative using folklore about the ungodly desolation caused by Super Typhoon Yolanda AKA Super Typhoon Haiyan, a Category 5 mega-monster that started laying siege to the Philippines Visayas group of islands, the country’s central region, population 17 million people, November 26, 2013. It shook the Philippines to its roots.
This stunning film short is winning one award after another.
By Gregg W. Morris