I had heard of the 2009 NFB documentary, Reel Injun, many years back, but avoided checking it out since my moviegoing was rather weak when it came to the Western genre. Now with a few
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BLACK CONFLUX Quits While It’s Behind
Con•flux noun the junction of two rivers, especially rivers of approximate width. I’m sure y’all won’t need the definition of “black”, so let’s carry on. Like the recently-reviewed Bone Cage, Nicole Dorsey’s similarly-initialed feature debut,
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Peace by Chocolate Review
Although we are definitely in a better place now than when it all started, COVID-19 continues to affect most aspects of what was once considered normal life, and the film industry is no different. But
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QUEEN OF SPADES Folds Upon Dealing
The Queen of Spades is considered to be the black sheep of the card deck in some games. Such superstition amounts to very little in the real world, but characters within a horror movie are
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THE BOYS IN RED HATS Review
It was the “smirk” heard ’round the world. On January 2019, Nicholas Sandmann, a 16-year-old student at the Covington Catholic High School, defiantly stared down a Native American Elder, Nathan Phillips, as he drummed a
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BONE CAGE Traps the Audience for 90 Meandering Minutes
Did you ever hear that story about the small-town boy who was dissatisfied with his circumstances and wanted to get out of dodge for a brighter future, only to have current relationships and circumstances hold
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