TOO ROUGH has cinematic derring-do and an inimitable storytelling prowess that can leave audiences in blissful awe. – By Gregg W. Morris
One of the Most Intriguing – If Not the Most Intriguing – in Recent Memory
TOO ROUGH
Category: Film/TV/Video
One of the Most Intriguing – If Not the Most Intriguing – in Recent Memory
Film Short Review
An Astonishing Cinematic Experience That Can Leave Audiences Breathless
The astonishing way that the filmmakers can teleport audiences back to that day in 1963 will have audiences on the edge of their seats, literally and figuratively, every time they decided that they have to see it one more time. – By Gregg W. Morris
The Word Is Out: Horror Fans Can Have the Bejesus Scared Out of them in Multiple Fright Nights Watching 67 Films at the 18th Annual HollyShorts Oscar-Qualifying® Film Festival, Screening from August 11-20, 2022
The Oscar® Qualifying HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL returns for its much-anticipated 18th edition from August 11- 20th, 2022, with an 5000 entries this year! Epic Dread Sponsor this year’s scary mix. Don’t overlook Pauk J. Fanklin’s FIREWORKS, Brian Sepanzyk’s IN THE SHADOW OF GOD. – By Gregg W. Morris
The Oscar® Qualifying HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL, August 11 – 20, 2022, with 5000 Entries, 161 Female Directors and 101 BIPOC Directors and Nearly 400 Films
Stars, filmmakers nclude Academy Award Nominee® James Franco, Golden Globe and Grammy Nominee Wiz Khalifa, Emmy Nominee Colman Domingo, Rosario Dawson, Nina Dobrev, Penn Badgley, Emmy Award-winner Brian Cox, Academy Award nominee June Squibb, SAG Winner Zachary Levi and more. – By Gregg W. Morris
KARMALINK, Film Review of Director Jake Wachtel’s Mesmerizing Sci-fi Reincarnation Artificial Consciousness Search for Enlightenment Movie
The way that Director Jake Wachtel made his film can mesmerize audiences around the world. He uses a “sci-fi lens to tell the story of a boy facing the alienating effects of technological progress (the literal displacement of his soul) as a mirror for forms of neo-colonialism and cultural displacement.” It is shot through a prism of mesmerizing psychedelic dreamscapes about reincarnation, artificial consciousness, and the Buddhist search for enlightenment, giving KARMALINK an amazing irresistible hallucinatory feel about it.
By Gregg W. Morris
Tribeca Film Festival 2022
WE MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD – Winner of Best Cinematography in the TFF International Narrative Competition
The tenants of an exclusive home owners type association are disintegrating – allegorically and metaphorically – into a state of sadistic and vile misanthropy of Trumpian magnitudes. In 93+ minutes of riveting story telling, it’s as if the tenants are victims of a communal schizophrenic disorder of cosmic proportions yet to be recognized in the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR). Winner of Best Cinematography in the TFF International Narrative Competition
By Gregg W. Morris
END OF THE LINE Film Review – Audiences Should Gear Up for Tuesday, June 14
Bravura 2021 NYC DOC Selection being released on digital and cable on Demand Platforms in the U.S. Tuesday, June 14, 2022. VOD Platforms include Apple/iTunes, Amazon, GoogldePlay, Vudu, Microsoft – and more. Review by Gregg W. Morris
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FEAR by Hungarian Director Ivaylo Hristov – Winner of the Grand Prize for Best Film at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
[Street Date Availability: June 14, 2022]
A Riveting Micro Budgeted Movie With the Heart, Soul and Panache of a Hollywood Blockbuster: JUMP, DARLING
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.