|Dan Howard| Years ago, I had the privilege of meeting the actor Tommy Flanagan at a charity event. I was already a fan of Sons of Anarchy (in which Flanagan appears), and he was everything I’d hoped: kind, humble, and down-to-earth. It was after this meeting that I heard about… Continue reading
|Matthew Lambert| Ratcatcher, the debut film from acclaimed director Lynne Ramsay, depicts severe poverty for a community in 1970s Scotland in a way that doesn’t glamorize nor attempt any sort of comfort for the viewer. The film follows James, a teenager living in a housing… Continue reading
|Natalie Marlin| A flashing light fades in, and the first thing we see is her face, staring out past the camera. It’s impossible to know what she’s thinking. It’s impossible to know where her focus lies, or if her eyes are merely glazing over in a kind of catatonia. Continue reading
