by Tim | Jan 22, 2014 | DEAD HOOKER
Who says Punk is dead? For those of you who are sick and tired of youth focused DIY cinema equating to eighty five minutes of twenty something slackers from Williamsburg or Austin mumbling about their feelings in dimly lit kitchens while Sufjan Stevens croons in the...
by Tim | Jan 22, 2014 | DEAD HOOKER
For their debut feature, identical sisters Jen and Sylvia Soska (who star as well as write and direct) prove to be a force with an admirably aggressive energy. Armed with an offensively eye-catching title likeDead Hooker in a Trunk, it will come as little surprise...
by Tim | Jan 22, 2014 | DEAD HOOKER
“It must suck to be in the trunk” I come across a lot of films, some good, most bad, and every once in a while, a true gem, a movie that you can’t conceive of your collection without owning. When I first heard about twisted twins productions and “Dead Hooker in a...
by Tim | Jan 22, 2014 | THE BUTTERFLY
Director Cihan Taşkın’s eagerly anticipated debut feature “Kelebek” (Butterfly), which hit theaters on Friday, clearly rejects the association of Muslims with terrorism that became so widespread after the Sept. 11, 2001 suicide attacks carried out against the US by...
by Tim | Jan 22, 2014 | A SAFE HOUSE
This film rivetingly reveals that in that life, real life there is no such thing as “A Safe House.” Amidst family crime dramas that populate the small screen (Blue Bloods, The Good Wife) and the big screen, (The Town, The Departed, Mystic River), A Safe House delivers...
