by elinkstoday | Aug 29, 2025 | Film
A film regarded as a “coming of age” story can be perceived in a couple of ways. Some people may want to pass on viewing it because it may be formulaic and predictable. I try not to set expectations and am open to seeing what the filmmakers offer. How creative is it...
by elinkstoday | Aug 28, 2025 | Film Festival
The Oscar-Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival recently wrapped this month and two films that I viewed from filmmaker Oanh-Nhi Nguyen are very impressive. She is an AFI Conservatory MFA graduate. Both of her films were screened at the TCL Chinese Theater earlier this...
by elinkstoday | Aug 28, 2025 | Film
The Whale filmmaker, Darren Aronofsky directs his new film Caught Stealing with Austin Butler (Elvis,2022) in the lead role as Hank. A talented baseball player in his younger years, the athlete had a promising career in New York, and now he is a bartender. The...
by elinkstoday | Aug 25, 2025 | Film
From writers/directors Juan González and Nando Martínez, comes The Fantastic Golem Affairs, an absurdist Spanish sci-fi comedy that was offered internationally during the 2023 film festivals, Fantasia and Fantastic Fest (Austin, TX) among others. The film is about...
by elinkstoday | Aug 22, 2025 | Film
In the past I have enjoyed films by writer/director Ethan Coen, and while I liked several parts of his new film Honey Don’t! I felt a bit unfulfilled by the time the credits rolled. It almost felt like when the Rev. Drew Devlin (Chris Evans) is discussing “submission”...
