SXSW

WARNING – Material that could be considered spoilers is contained below. If you’ve not already seen The Force Awakens (and really? Really?!), turn back now. You have been warned. I have to tell you, I’m not sure how to write this review. Why? Because it’s not a movie, and technically it’s not a documentary either. SECRETS OF THE FORCE AWAKENS …

This year’s South By Southwest Film Festival was an amazing collection of movies, documentaries, and short films, but of everything I saw nothing touched me as much as writer/director Anne Hamilton’s AMERICAN FABLE. Much of that is due to the powerhouse performance delivered by Peyton Kennedy, a young lady with a very bright future in movies. But, before I go …

For as long as humans have existed, stories of terrors in the dark have been told. The origins of these stories are as varied as the monsters that inhabit them. Some come to kill, some come to enslave, and some come to take what is most precious to us. It’s easy to understand why these horrific tales were believed in …