Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I normally watch films with audio description. Neon chose to not produce an English Audio Description track for this film. This one is tough. i sit in the comfort of a living room,writing a review of a film. I don’t know what it is like to be put in an extreme circumstance where simply making art brands me a criminal, but director Jafar Panahi does. he’s already facing a year in prison in Iran should he return to the country. His film started its journey at Cannes, where it won the Palme d’or prize, … Continue reading Going In Blind: It Was just An Accident

People We Meet On Vacation Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and I typically watch films that also have an audio description track. This film has audio description by International Digital Center, written by Steven Christopher, and narrated by Kimberly Chattergy. It is tough to be first out of the gate at Netflix. There’s already the Netflix stigma some unfairly put on Netflix films, but January is not the peak time for great movies. It has become a month with 1-3 surprises, and a few hits have truly been born as a result. People We Meet On Vacation is a … Continue reading People we meet on vacation 

I lost a friend yesterday. Janeen was someone I knew before my vision loss through our work at our local fringe Festival. She was a lot of fun to work with. Sometimes frustrating, but she had this child-like voice that I think disarmed people. But, it amplified her kindness and humor, and made it a lot funnierr when she had a biting commentary. We both went through our vision loss journeys at nearly exactly the same time, though hers had a much more serious medical condition attached. While I took baby steps, and often still feel like I’m trying to … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 01/109/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Typically I watch films with audio description, though this film has no known audio description. I barely move when I sleep. I’m not in danger of becoming a sleepwalker. After this film, I’m glad of that, and sympathetic to anyone who is. I’ve heard of sleep paralysis too, and that sounds crazy. For me, my dreams are mostly fun, and I can see in them. The problem with that is, it keeps bringing in people it remembers from way back when, so someone I haven’t seen in 30 years since we were kids pops … Continue reading Going In Blind: Sleepwalker

TV Shows Watched: His and Hers: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Horton hears A Who: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Crutch: S1E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Emily In Paris: S5E4 (Netflix) with audio description, and The Daily Show: Wednesday (Paramount Plus) no audio description. However, below, since I only included one show in yesterday’s diary, I’ll add the only other thing I saw on Wednesday, and skip Daily Show. So, look for Fallout: S2E4 (Amazon) with audio description at the bottom. His And hers- All I needed to know was Tessa Thompson was doing a show on Netflix. Done. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/08/26

Justice For Renee Nicole Good. An unmistakable tragedy immediately twisted around and reframed to blame the victim, a young mother of three children. This is not what peace looks like. She was not running over anyone. She was driving away, and a stormtrooper chased after her, and when unable to stop the car with, I don’t know, the force? He instead opened fire on her. This is not the first time someone has been shot and killed while running from law enforcement, except Renee wasn’t fleeing. She hadn’t been accused of anything. If this doesn’t change our world, we don’t … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/07/26

TV Shows Watched: The Abandons: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Shiftig Gears: S2E5 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Bat Fam: S1E2 (Amazon) with audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) no audio description, and Breaking Bad: S3E6 (Netflix) with audio description The Abandons- Other than manifest destiny, I have no idea what the show is about. It doesn’t even feel like a Kurt Sutter show, so I wonder how much of him is left in here. Is he to blame, or should someone have let him do what he wanted instead of leave? The audio description seems to be … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/06/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and to my knowledge, there’s no audio description. It wouldn’t surprise me if an audio description track for this would cost more than the film itself. Remember a few years ago we got the pandemic horror surprise with Skinamarink, a film that at the very least is experimental, and at the most, challenging. Well, this one has a bit more of a narrative structure, but this is basically like if Skinamarink and I saw the TV Glow had a baby, and that baby was in black and white. Obex will be one of the … Continue reading Going In Blind: Obex

What a difference a year makes. Those who attacked our capitol last year were still marked with the stench of that day, and rightly so. Now, they’re running for office. You might bump into one at a PTA meeting, assuming you still have schools. TV Shows watched: Man Vs baby: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, English Teacher: S2E8 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Little Accidents: S1E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Devil In Disguise: S1E4 (Peacock) with audio description, The Morning Show: S5E8 (Apple TV) with audio description Man Vs Baby- DVW is doing this track, I believe. It is … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/05/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I did find this with audio description done by the Media Access Group. Ukraine’s submission to the 2026 Oscars this year, which is currently on the shortlist for Documentary feature and International Feature, premiered at the 2025 Sundance film festival, before later appearing on Frontline on PBS. A similar strategy for the last Ukrainian war documentary 20 Days In Mariupol, which won the Oscar for Documentary feature just two years ago. 2000 Meters to Andriivka is a visceral experience, and one of the most difficult watches of the year.20 Days In Mariupol focused on … Continue reading 2000 Meters To Andriivka

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. This movie has audio description, produced by Deluxe, narrated by William Michael Redman. “Is Tamra here?” Why, funny you should mention that. Is he was. I had her liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. Won’t you join me? One can hope. The search for Tamra continues in one of the most mind numbing choices made in recent memory. I see the internet mobs with their pitchforks, headed to find whatever Rachel Ziegler is doing and complain about it,yet they won’t attack low hanging fruit like this? I’m an advocate for trying … Continue reading The Strangers: Chapter Two

Y’all, my day yesterday was basically that Cover Up quality check. Don’t expect much here. TV Shows Watched: From: S3E9 (MGM Plus) with audio description, The Beast In me: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, and Elzabeth: S3E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description From- During my break, I left From two episodes shy of being caught up. For whatever reason, Amazon didn’t flip me out of credits this time, and I heard Tristan was doing the narration. Also, an AD team I’ve never heard of. From is one of my favorite shows still active, probably Top 5, and as it inches … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/04/25

I might have lost my damn mind. But, I don’t think I’ve ever had the chance to line up two versions of the same track for the same movie. I don’t know how Netflix will react, so let me just say, Cover Up is an amazing documentary and one of the best of the year. Seymour Hirsch is featured, finally, getting his flowers. He’s like a Woodward and Bernstein, but didn’t get All The President’s Men made about him. Maybe someday, someone will turn his real life crusade for the truth into a narrative feature. Interestingly, Cover Up premiered at … Continue reading Quality Check: Cover Up

TV Shows Watched: Spartacus: House of Asher: S1E1 (Starz) no audio description, Splinter Cell: Death Watch: S1E? (Netflix) with audio description, Starting Five: S2E5 (Netflix) with audio description, 911: Nashville: S1E5 (Disney plus) with audio description, The Diplomat: S3E4 (Netflix) with audio description Spartacus- As you would correctly assume, this show is a son of a bitch to watch with no audio description. I also haven’t seen any of Spartacus, but I heard this was a bit of a rewrite, changing something anyway from the previous series. Sort of like a What If? It is violent, and these gladiators love … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/03/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and there’s no known audio description for Unicorns. I often find films like this hard to review, because there’s this whole different side that you don’t really get until the final act, and that is when the film truly soars.As yet another LGBTQ film with no audio description this year, I expected Unicorns to get lost among the Plain clothes and Layla, as films I’d probably enjoy more if I could understand them better. But a lot of the themes that run through Unicorns really popped out anyway, and what started as a seemingly … Continue reading Going In Blind: Unicorns