The Trigger Effect: A Review of Lebanon

"Lebanon isn’t quite the pivotal war document or riveting suspense narrative it could have been, but it is confidently made with piercing sound design and arresting visuals that aid in the effective illustration of the range of people directly affected by war."

Click here to read my review at Not Coming to a Theater Near You as part of their New York Film Festival coverage

Afterschool: You Can Look But You Better Not Touch

"While Afterschool is concerned with online content, it is not shot to resemble the internet’s amateur aesthetic. Rather it is shot in stark contrast by using careful framing, static cameras, and dilatory pacing. On the one hand, I appreciate seeing a young American filmmaker (Campos is a mere 25) who isn’t obsessed with fast cuts and handheld cameras but on the other hand, his approach is damn near maddening."

Click here to read my review at Not Coming to a Theater Near You

The Windmill Movie: A Cinematic Autobiography?

"The flaws of The Windmill Movie serve to emphasize the uniqueness of the individual. Just like Timothy Treadwell and Jonathan Caouette, Rogers can only be imitated, never replicated. And therein lays the potential of the cinematic autobiography: to record a presence that can’t be performed."

Click here to read my review at Not Coming to a Theater Near You

London's 8th International Disability Film Festival

London's 8th International Disability Film Festival took place at the BFI last weekend and posts of my coverage of a few of the events can be found at the following [with]tv blog links...

Event Background
Special People review
The Silent Twins review
Shorts Programme 3 report