Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and you can’t handle the truth. We just have to remake things. it’s this compulsion we have in Hollywood, to not let any franchise die, even if there is no franchise. It’s why we have so many variations on An Affair To Remember and The shop Around The Corner. Here, the nod is deliberate, though the film is nothing like its predecessor. It was disappointing to see Jay Roach as the director here, because he’s fared much better in comedy.here, it feels like he’s not really sure what is funny anymore, so he recruited … Continue reading The Roses

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and there’s still no crying in baseball. What is it to be an artist? that’s something this French animated feature is looking to find out as it explores the life of Marcel Pagnol. I didn’t know who that was. But, that’s OK. we can’t know everyone, and certainly not everything about them. In a year that also gave us a look into the making of Breathless, it would seem the spotlight is on French filmmakers. This film goes an interesting route, finding Marcel in the twilight of his career, working on a memoir. He’s … Continue reading A Magnificent Life

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Belen is Argentina’s submission for the International Oscar at the 98th Academy Awards, and is being distributed by Amazon. However, Amazon did not pay for English audio description, only a dub was available. I’m actually glad they did make a dub available at least, because I could follow this legal drama at least somewhat. I was planning on writing a scathing takedown of a corporation whose founder made enough money to launch his own space program, yet Belen can’t get audio description as Amazon’s lone International Oscar play.It was submitted for my consideration a … Continue reading Going In Blind: Belen

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. it is a small world after all. Rarely do I give credence to the fact that I ahve a “local audience”, so when I get a screener for something playing out of my market, i still put it up, because blind people are everywhere. They don’t congregate in Orlando. Although, we do have theme parks, so I can understand should you choose to do so. I spent some of my formative years in Florida, which meant I went to Disney, quite a bit. One of my super specific childhood memories only I have, and … Continue reading Going In Blind: Stolen Kingdom

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Welcome to Earth. Spoilers? I feel like a spoiler warning is necessary, even as I try to dodge the twists and turns, but it is nearly impossible to discuss what does and doesn’t work without grazing it at least. If you want a cut to the chase on this, for a low budget horror movie with only four cast members, it does a mostly fine job.Could it have been better? sure. Getting more into it, the film opens on a couple being hunted in the woods by someone. It doesn’t work out well for … Continue reading Bone Lake

It’s time to attend the tale of three friends, faced with the prospect of fame, battling against the artistic preservation of their craft, and the idea that through all of this, they will have each other. Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along has been brought to the big screen, taken from the live staged Broadway revival. It is such an interesting year to get Merrily we Roll Along just a month after Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, which took us all the way back to the beginning of the golden age of Rodger’s and Hammerstein, and the end of Lorenz Hart. … Continue reading Merrily we Roll Along

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