The United States vs. Billie Holiday
The melodramatic detours and pokey pacing in The United States vs. Billie Holiday certainly speaks to Lee Daniels sensibilities, overwrought and overstuffed with many raw emotions, and is conventional to [...]
I Care a Lot
Another satire on capitalism and the corruption of the American dream, I Care a Lot is a playful, but deliberately mean-spirited dark comedy about greed and determination that defies audience [...]
Test Pattern
We just recently had the highly acclaimed Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Eliza Hittman's small-budget indie masterpiece that also explored women reproductive rights, for Test Pattern, the film also explores women's [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day from Defacto–55 Great Films About Human Connection
Covid has been very difficult for single people, as I'm sure some of you can imagine. If anything, it has probably created many to feel even more alone as we [...]
Duck You Sucker (Spotlight Review) 50th Anniversary!
One of the Best Film of 1971!! Sergio Leone's final western, the 1971 saga "Duck You Sucker," also known as "A Fistful of Dynamite" is a triumphant masterpiece that features [...]
The Little Things
A neo-noir crime thriller about a serial killer that terrifies female victims in Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley, The Little Things, writer-director John Lee Hancock's latest film is of [...]
Little Fish
Morris from America, director Chad Hartigan utilizes small resources of his science-fiction genre piece to explore the themes of love, loss, memory, and disease. His third feature Little Fish is very [...]
Palmer
Well intended with a heart, but ultimately trite and not overly surprising on a dramatic level, Palmer is a well acted but flawed film that comes across more like a [...]
Supernova
A tender and greatly acted drama about dementia, Supernova announces the sophomore feature from talented writer-director,Harry MacQueen (Hitlerland.) Slated for a limited theatrical release, and a VOD release in early [...]
Film About a Father Who
Families hold many complexities and dysfunctions. Stories are often passed on from person to person, and many times it leads to siblings, mothers, fathers, and other members to feel bitter, [...]