Movie review by Greg Carlson Natalie Erika James delivers a strong directorial debut with “Relic,” another Sundance 2020 world premiere now available on demand. Working from a screenplay she co-wrote with Christian White, James thoughtfully explores mother-daughter relationships, the icy grip of dementia, and the inevitability of human mortality. Situating her core themes within the […]
All posts for the month July, 2020
Collecting Movies with Mallory O’Meara
Interview by Greg Carlson Filmmaker and screenwriter Mallory O’Meara is the author of “The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick.” Patrick was an artist and designer responsible for, among other things, creating the look of the Creature from the Black Lagoon — despite never receiving due credit […]
Posted by GBC on July 16, 2020
http://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=4390
First Cow
Movie review by Greg Carlson Both Jim Jarmusch’s contemporary classic “Dead Man” and Kelly Reichardt’s newly released “First Cow” open with cosmic epigraphs. The former uses Henri Michaux’s idiosyncratic line, “It is preferable not to travel with a dead man.” The latter begins with “The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship,” from […]
Posted by GBC on July 11, 2020
http://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=4381
Beastie Boys Story
Movie review by Greg Carlson For Beastie Boys fans, the personal “soundtrack of our lives” stories are at least equal in number to the records, cassettes, and compact discs sold. Some of us got in with “Licensed to Ill” in 1986 (gratitude to you forever, Brandon Roy) and never looked back, anxiously awaiting each album […]
Posted by GBC on July 5, 2020
http://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=4377