Interview by Greg Carlson Producer Matt Myers and writer-director Joe Maggio, along with many cast and crewmembers from “Supermoto” will attend the Fargo Film Festival for a special screening of the narrative feature. “Supermoto” will be shown on Saturday, March 19 at 3:15 p.m. at the Fargo Theatre. Greg Carlson: Tell me a little […]
Mike Scholtz Interview
Interview by Greg Carlson Every time I have the opportunity to interview my friend Mike Scholtz, I like to provide full disclosure that we have known each other since childhood. I do this mostly as an excuse to share that Mike invited me to my first birthday sleepover party when I was eleven or twelve, […]
Posted by GBC on March 4, 2016
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The Witch: A New-England Folktale
Movie review by Greg Carlson WARNING: The following review reveals key plot information. Read only if you have seen “The Witch” Near the thrilling, ecstatic conclusion of first-time feature director Robert Eggers’ “The Witch: A New-England Folktale,” our young protagonist Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy), having endured unspeakable horrors, demands that family goat Black Phillip, a possible […]
Posted by GBC on February 21, 2016
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Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Movie review by Greg Carlson As sharp and entertaining as the man it examines, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You” is a substantive chronicle of one of the most influential television creators/producers in the history of the medium. While some degree of hagiography is inevitable on the heels of […]
Posted by GBC on February 15, 2016
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Hail, Caesar!
Movie review by Greg Carlson In the days leading up to the nationwide release of Joel Coen and Ethan Coen’s “Hail, Caesar!,” clickbait slideshows far and wide competed to sort the oeuvre of the siblings. This week, “Slate” culture blogger Gabriel Roth filed a short article laying out a six-point theory to answer his title […]
Posted by GBC on February 12, 2016
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Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Movie review by Greg Carlson Spike Lee’s second documentary on one of the most unforgettable, electrifying, and controversial superstars of the 20th century doesn’t compare to the filmmaker’s finest nonfiction features. But the cumbersomely titled “Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall” celebrates an exciting transitional period in the performer’s life with plenty […]
Posted by GBC on February 1, 2016
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=3081
Anomalisa
Movie review by Greg Carlson WARNING: The following review reveals key plot information. Read only if you have seen “Anomalisa.” Like so many of the curious, distinctive places imagined and created for his films, the universe of Charlie Kaufman’s “Anomalisa” is simultaneously familiar and strange, recognizable and alien, inviting and terrifying. Based on Kaufman’s 2005 […]
Posted by GBC on January 25, 2016
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=3071
The Revenant
Movie review by Greg Carlson Leading all Oscar challengers with a total of twelve nominations, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s “The Revenant” has to overcome a few daunting statistics reported by prognosticator Scott Feinberg in order to win Best Picture. Feinberg notes that only one movie in the last fifty years (“Titanic,” which, coincidentally starred Leonardo DiCaprio) […]
Posted by GBC on January 18, 2016
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie review by Greg Carlson Mark Hartley’s “Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films” sprays viewers with an Uzi-like barrage of film clips, trailers, promo reels, and talking heads to spin the tale of 1980s powerhouse schlock heavyweights – and cousins – Manahem Golan and Yoram Globus. A competitor and companion to Hila […]
Posted by GBC on January 10, 2016
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=3061
Carol
Movie review by Greg Carlson The meticulous Todd Haynes shares another engrossing 1950s tale of forbidden romance with “Carol,” a thematic sibling to the director’s career high point “Far from Heaven.” Adapted by Phyllis Nagy from Patricia Highsmith’s bracing novel “The Price of Salt,” “Carol” is every bit as feverish as the legendary anecdote describing […]
Posted by GBC on January 3, 2016
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