Tag Archives: Indie Film

Movie Review: ‘Softness of Bodies’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Billy Bennight

Charlotte Parks lives in Berlin; Charlotte hula hoops; Charlotte is a cyclist, Charlotte is a poet; Charlotte rolls her own cigarettes; Charlotte is a shoplifter and Charlotte is going to face a reckoning . . . maybe, maybe not. Charlotte, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘In Reality’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Billy Bennight

“In Reality” is a millennial “love story” or really not a “love story” at all, but an analysis, or an observation of the breakdown of what “romantic love” is, is not, and never was as seen by the humorously watchful eye … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Spell’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Billy Bennight

Barak Hardley wrote and starred in this odd, dark, and fanciful slacker thriller/creepy drama. The movie opens with Benny, a comic illustrator played by Barak, randomly arriving in Reykjavik Iceland. There is an air of confusion about why he’s in Reykjavik, but … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘SOCRATES’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Billy Bennight

Socrates is a gritty and emotionally charged Brazilian indie by writer/director Alex Moratto. The plot centers on a a 15 year old boy, Christian Malheiros as Socrates, whose life is forever changed after his mother’s unexpected and inexplicable death in São Paulo’s ghetto of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Saint Judy’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Billy Bennight

“Saint Judy” has a stellar cast of fine actors that include: Leem Lubany as Asefa Ashwari, Common as Benjamin Adebayo, Alfre Woodard as Judge Benton, Alfred Molina as Ray Hernandez and Michelle Monaghan as Judy Wood. Together they bring the real-life story of immigration lawyer Judy Wood to life on … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Madeline’s Madeline: A Surrealist Expressionist Coming of Age Drama

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Billy Bennight

Madeline’s Madeline is part of the independent film movement that embraces surrealism, symbolism and expressionism as a way to tell a story. There is a ‘don’t look away’ visceral sense memory sensibility driving this uniques film. The cinematography is very much a … Continue reading →

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American Girl: an Interview with Roxanne Fontana

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Shirley Pena

“Well, she was an American girl, raised on promises. She couldn’t help thinking that there was a little more to life, somewhere else. After all it was a great big world, with lots of places to run to. And if … Continue reading →

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Susie Singer Carter’s “My Mom and the Girl” Takes Tough, yet Tender Look at Alzheimer’s via Tremendous Portrayal by Valerie Harper

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Jennifer K. Hugus

“Bitch, you took my baby!” yells a mother to a daughter, amidst the shadowed walls and dimly lit rooms of your average American condo at roughly 3 o’clock in the morning; Said scenario initially conjuring up images of the best, … Continue reading →

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The Love Witch: A Kitchy Witchy Cult Classic In The Making!

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Billy Bennight

Trish (Laura Waddell), asks Elaine (Samantha Robinson), “What do men really want?” “Just a pretty woman to love them, to take care of them,” was Elaine’s response, setting the tone of the “The Love Witch.” This campy comedic-thriller by Anna Biller … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Eden” Screening at AFI FEST Presented By Audi

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Billy Bennight

It’s my opinion Eden is a story about minutia, but I also think there are 2 stories here that go to the core of this feature. I’ll address them as the “Small Story” and the “Big Story.” The small story is … Continue reading →

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