Florida Film Festival wraps
The 28th annual Florida Film Festival concluded over the weekend. Here’s an index of my coverage of the 2019 event: Program announcement Richard Dreyfuss to screen The Goodbye Girl Programmers balance quality with variety A look at domestic narrative shorts Richard Dreyfuss interview It’s a (shorts) wrap Award winners
Don’t go back to the ‘Sematary’
Before seeing the new Pet Sematary, I thought I’d catch up on the old ones. Not a good idea. Time has not been kind to what were already bad films. Mary Lambert directed both the 1989 original and the unnecessary 1992 sequel (from which Stephen King had his name removed). Hey, I’m all for giving […]
Backing the wrong horse
No, this isn’t a post about next month’s Kentucky Derby. It’s a post of cinematic regret. I often have harsh words for Academy members who vote for the wrong film, and for critics who compile faulty “best of the year” lists. Well, now I can direct those harsh words at myself, as I made the […]