reviews
CUFF Review: 'Summertime' Offered a Unique but Unfocused Snapshot of L.A.
Directed by Carlos López Estrada
PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2021
Director Carlos López Estrada's first feature, 2018's Blindspotting, succeeded in showing a place both as it is and how it feels. His follo...
'Willy's Wonderland' Somehow Makes Evil Animatronics Seem Boring
Directed by Kevin Lewis
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2021
This is a deeply stupid movie. Under certain circumstances, that could be interpreted as the highest praise, but this is the sort of stupid...
'Stowaway' Is as Slow-Paced as an Actual Mission to Mars
Directed by Joe Penna
PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2021
For a sci-fi thriller about an ill-fated mission to Mars, Stowaway misses a lot of opportunities to be exciting. These two hours are about...
CUFF Review: 'Itchy Fingers' Is Horror for Theatre Kids
Directed by Anna Nilles & Marco Jake
PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2021
A socially awkward aspiring comedian living with a single parent, the uncovering of a dark plot that causes a descent into madness, and a w...
Kenny Mason Makes Hip-Hop and Alt-Rock Cohesive on 'Angelic Hoodrat: Supercut'
PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2021
Kenny Mason's hometown of Atlanta has played a pivotal role in hip-hop culture that is impossible to understate. For the better part of 20...
Korea Town Acid Toggles Between the Gritty and the Avant-Garde on 'Metamorphosis'
PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2021
The splendor of Seoul's nightlife is vividly evoked on "Bounce." But this is, thankfully, not the Seoul that some Western listeners might e...
Fog Lake Finds Strength in Isolation on 'Tragedy Reel'
PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2021
If there is one artist who understands unfathomable isolation and falling hopelessly lost in one's thoughts, it's Aaron Powell, also known...
'The Marksman' Shoots for Thrills and Misses by Miles
Directed by Robert Lorenz
PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2021
There's a telling moment towards the second act climax of writer and director Robert Lorenz's The Marksman. Grizzled Arizona rancher Jim Ha...