An aging hairdresser (Udo Kier) escapes his nursing home and embarks on an odyssey across his small town to style a dead woman’s hair for her funeral, rediscovering his sparkle along the way.
Movie Review: Watch An Emotional Story And An Engrossing Clandestine Operation Get Documented In “After The Murder Of Albert Lima”
After 13 years of failing to bring his father’s killer to justice through the legal system, a young man sets out to find, capture, and deliver him to the federal prison once and for all.
SXSW Film Festival Review: “United States vs. Reality Winner”: Hero Or Traitor?
*Editor’s Note: Excerpts of this review could be perceived as expressions of personal views on matters of current public debate and consideration. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Irish Film Critic. Director Sonia Kennebeck’s documentary chronicles the …
SXSW Film Festival Review: “WeWork: Or The Making And Breaking Of A $47 Billion Unicorn” Is An Entertaining Yet Condensed Takedown
An account of the six-week death spiral that brought down the company’s IPO, a behind-the-scenes look at WeWork’s frat-boy culture.
SXSW Film Festival Review: “Here Before” Is A Confident And Cryptically Rewarding Psychological Drama
After new neighbors move in next door, a bereaved mother begins to question her reality in this unsettling psychological thriller.
SXSW Film Festival Review: “The Return: Life After Isis” Is A Harrowing And Enlightening Documentary
Shamima Begum and Hoda Muthana made it into worldwide headlines when they left their countries as teenagers to join ISIS. Now they want to return but their countries don’t want them back.
SXSW Film Festival Review: “The Feast” Is A Clever Welsh Horror That Serves Up More Than Just Scares
Filmed in Welsh, “The Beast” follows a young woman serving privileged guests at a dinner party in a remote house in rural Wales. The assembled guests do not realize they are about to eat their last supper.
DVD Review: Mesoamerican Folklore Aside, “Victor And Valentino: Folk Art Foes” Is Way Too Manic
“Victor and Valentino” is a supernatural adventure comedy about two half-brothers who spend a summer with their grandma in Monte Macabre, a small, mysterious town where the myths and legends of Mesoamerican folklore come to life.
SXSW Film Festival Review: “The Thing That Ate The Birds” Is A Promising Short Set On The Yorkshire Moors
On the North Yorkshire Moors, Abel, Head Gamekeeper, discovers the thing that is eating his grouse.