Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I generally watch with audio description, but I’m unaware of this film having a track, nor was one given to me. I’m still typing on a broken keyboard. Life is great. The Chronology Of Water is Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut. There’s the extra level of anticipation that comes along with watching an actor turn director. Some have certainly made classics, like Ben Affleck’s Argo or The Town, Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, Clint Eastwood with Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby, and lets not forget Greta Gerwig with Barbie, Jodie Foster with Little Man Tate, and the … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Chronology Of Water

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. This film was made available to me in advance, but it lacked the audio description track it will have in theaters. One seems to exist. On top of that, I seem to have lost the I button on my keyboard, so typing is super fun since we never use that letter ever. I had this casually recommended to me by some fellow critics who had already seen it, and they were impressed with the lead performance by Sophia Sloan. She does a wonderful job, and as a youth performer, she really is worth noting. … Continue reading Going In Blind: Dust Bunny

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. They knew. If I could give advice to all indies looking for coverage, get your requests in before November. Once the final two months of the year hit, giving these little indies that can some coverage gets increasingly harder as studios want you to consider everything they’ve ever done. I did commit to seance, but for every Seance, there are five other films I just don’t have time for.I’m actually rather happy with my choice, since seance was pretty great. we throw the word Hitchcockian around a bit much, but there’s certainly a feeling … Continue reading Going In Blind: Seance

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. To infinity and beyond! Mubi was kind enough to hit me up with an accessible screener, after their FYC rep just gave me the one-size-supposedly-fits-all screener. So, I appreciate that I’ve now seen a film i didn’t really love, twice. it isn’t so much that this is a bad film, because it is far from that, but I might be the only one who doesn’t get Kelly Reichardt. I know Kelly has fans, and I’ve seen their work before, but I have yet to feel the spark from any of them. Their last feature … Continue reading The Mastermind

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Thus, “going in blind”, as a reminder that I am, and this film has no available audio description. Premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Lurker attracted buzz. You could say it has its fans. I guess, Stan’s are now a thing? it probably has those too. People who ‘ship the film, follow it and its stars on social media, and hope to one day have the chance to interact with one of the films stars or its director. Of course, it is all innocent, right? Lurker dives into the question of when is … Continue reading Going In Blind: Lurker

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. May the force be with me. I have to admit that the simple announcement of a sequel to The Bad guys felt more like an exploration of intellectual property prowess than one of actual creative strength. Not everything needs to be a franchise, and the Bad Guys 2, which takes the road most obvious is undoubtedly proof that the second time around is often just one more lap around a block you’ve already seen. The film brings the original crew back from the first film, and tries to throw conflict in as the Bad … Continue reading The Bad Guys 2

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. thus the term “Going In Blind”, which I use when a film does not have audio description. Oliver Hermanus’s masterpiece The History Of Sound is my Brokeback Mountain. I wish it had audio description, just to solidify how much I adored this, but that is really the only negative thing working against it. Granted, simple access is a big thing, and the reason I’m here, but the story is right up my alley. I had a harder time relating to gay ranchers, but gay musicians? Yeah, I see myself more in this. The History … Continue reading Going In Blind: the History of Sound

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Welcome. Tick. Tick. Tick. The beginning of Luca Guadagnino’s After The Hunt begins with the persistence of time. It presumably is Guadagnino’s literal way of translating a ticking time bomb, but it can be taken exactly as is.there’s a countdown, but to what? Somewhere … at Yale… we will find out. I was initially excited at the prospect of Guadagnino’s next film having this stellar cast of Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri, and Michael Stuhlbarg, so this was on my anticipated list. Guadagnino certainly isn’t perfect, but he has the necessary parts to … Continue reading After The Hunt