— by BEV QUESTAD — “Maha and Shajane, I’m thinking of you trapped in Khartoum between the army bombing and the Rapid Support Forces militia who terrorize and murder. Here in France, there’s not much talk about the war in Sudan,” writes Hind Meddeb. Not only not in France, but not really anywhere. Why? The […][...]
Review: Torn
— by BEV QUESTAD — Please, no more money to buy more arms for Israel’s war on Gaza! I just finished emailing my American friends tonight to thank them for contacting our Washington senators regarding this issue. Since 1969, my friends in the Middle East have remained baffled that the US is so involved. Why […][...]
Review: Death & Taxes
— by BEV QUESTAD — “…it is a really good and interesting doc (despite the title)!” the publicist told me. I trusted her and was stunned with the honesty by a son about his father. “Death and Taxes” turns out to be an examination of a fabulously wealthy family whose patriarch, Harvey L. Schien, made […][...]
Review: Star People
— by BEV QUESTAD — The largest mass UFO sighting in the US was on March 13, 1997, in Arizona. It was called the Phoenix Lights. Writer/Director Adam Finberg uses that event as a curious … What If? scenario. What if the sighting was a formation of legitimate UFOs? What if, in their investigation of […][...]
Review: Rather
— by WILLIAM STERR — Edward R. Murrow. Walter Cronkite. Dan Rather. Three names from the “Tiffany” days of CBS News. Those days are gone, and have been for some time. The most recent blow came with the sale of Paramount (which in turn owns CBS), owned by Sheri Redstone, to Skydance, a media company […][...]
Review: The Final Run
— by WILLIAM STERR — What ever happened to those guys who used to run drugs from Mexico into the States decades ago? Well, one of them, Pierce Butler (Jeff Fahey – “Lawnmower Man”), settled down and became a shrimp fisherman on the South Carolina Coast. He raised a family, but these are hard times […][...]
Review: 40 Acres
— by WILLIAM STERR — The horror genre has been awash in dystopian stories of isolated bands of humans, usually threatened by masses of flesh-hungry zombies. I actually miss the zombies of my childhood: slow-moving creatures reanimated by evil sorcerers for a variety of purposes. One of the last of these (Jaime Cardriche) appeared in […][...]
Review: Sovereign
— by BEV QUESTAD — How much are we sovereign masters of our own lives, and how much are we vassals of a banking system and government? How much are we independent, self-serving entities, and how much are we interconnected and responsible to each other? There is a 911 call. “These guys just shot a […][...]
Review: Row
— by WILLIAM STERR — Have you ever dreamed of accomplishing some great feat of strength, endurance, or sheer craziness that would get you in the record books? If so, this story might change your mind. Megan (Bella Dayne – “Humans”), Lexi (Sophie Skelton – “Stalker”), Adam (Mark Strepan – “The Lair”) and Daniel (Akshay […][...]
Independent films rise in the Age of Netflix
Independent films – once confined to art-house cinemas, festivals, and niche audiences – are now finding a global stage thanks to streaming platforms like Netflix. What was once considered the underdog of the film industry has become a cultural powerhouse, reaching millions of viewers worldwide and shaping conversations around diversity, creativity, and innovation. But what […][...]