BILLY PRESTON: THATS THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT opens Friday www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/bill...

YELLOW LETTERS is about a couple who gets on a goverment's bad side and how it affects their relationship. This film has some staggeringly great performances. One of the best of Berlin www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/yell...

Thank you for your honesty, Steve! This is indeed a personal story, which scored the Reel Asian-DOC Institute Best Documentary Award in 2025. Congrats to Min Sook Lee on her U.S. premiere last week at SBIFF. ❤️‍🩹

Zumeca at Slamdance slamdance.eventive.org/films/696589...

Going to hell for posting this but @bullythelsb.bsky.social said Jubilee wants to see it www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaPr...

The always great @Slamdance opens Thursday. To get you in the mood here is a curtain raiser www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/the-...

I liked the WRECKING CREW

Why @bullythelsb.bsky.social would not cover the Berlin Film Festival for me

PAPAYA at Berlin is the animated story of a Papaya seed as it floats down a river trying hard not to get rooted. Its great to look at but works best in pieces (it will be playing @NYICFF ) www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/papa...

A FAMILY at Berlin is a solid Euro-drama about a divorce told from the POV of the kids. See it www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/a-fa...

I will have a review up later tonight of YELLOW LETTER which played Berlin. Its a karmic jest by the universe in that it is a very political film that is playing at a festival that is getting flack for screaming films shouldn't be political

Watching a movie thats really good, but would be better if it wasn't also trying to make a point

went to five guys for probably the last time The food was terrible and the prices are no longer worth it. I can get table service in NYC with a tip for less

Sadly this is probably not on anyone's must see list - but if you are in NYC when NYICFF is happening make an effort to see LAMPIE. Its a fairy tale of sorts about young girl sent away from her lighthouse keeper father to pay a debt. Trust me it's magic nyicff.org/programs/lam...

PARADISE just played Berlin and its probably going on my best of 2026 list. The story of missing fathers, one in Ghana and one in Canada. Its a film where the marriage of sound & music kick your ass in the best possible way. see it in as theater www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/para...

MICHAEL SOLACE is the story of a writer trying to maintain control of his film script. Its the latest from one of my favorite directors Chris Esper www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/mich...

The Inspector Hornleigh Films www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Ij...

been up long enough to slog through three films

oh i have no idea how to review this without getting in trouble- then again it wasn't made for me

Brief thoughts on IVAN & HADOUM whic is playing Berlin www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/brie...

Mighty Marvel Marathon www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0p-...

I UNDERSTAND YOUR DISPLEASURE at the Berlin Film Festival is a small gem of a film with a lead performance that deserves Oscar consideration www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/i-un...

THERE ARE NO WORDS at @SBIFF is a tough look at the director's mother who suffered from mental illness & abuse. Recommended with the warning it may stir up the hornets nest of your life www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/ther...

Thoughts on the @SBIFF film IN THE ROOM about five Afghan women who live in Canada and try to reveal the life they left behind www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/brie...

I never heard about this Long Island Haunting www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrsB...

So what do after I cam back from screenings- wrote up a bunch of films that are still 10 days out instead of the films I need reviewed foir the beginning of the week. Yea my priorities are broken.

I hate it when you see a great film and they tell you you can't really talk it up

The documentary WOBNDERS OF THE WOLF has premiered at @SBIFF www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/wond...

Brief thoughts on the @SBIFF short SOUND OF THINGS ABLAZE www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/le-b...

Amsterdamned (1988) poster art. Released #OTD.

Everytime I speak with one of my favorite directors I know my younger self is shaking his head in disbelief

I just spoke with one my favorite directors Jerimiah Kipp about his film version of MORTUARY ASSISSTANT. It was great. I can't wait to share

have you guys ever heard the radio sho The Man From Homicide? Dan Duryea stars as cop who speaks in Hard boiled -eze that walks the fine line between brilliantly poetic and laughly bad There are few things like it www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Never mind that MORTUARY ASSISSTANT is based on a video game, director Jerimiah Kipp has made one deeply disturbing horror film. Kipp continues to be not only one of my favorite directors but also one of the best horror creators out there. See this film unseenfilms.net/2026/02/mort...

I don't have to watch any more films do I? I mean I met my quota right? They won't think I'm bad if I stop now, will they?

The trailer for UNDERCARD with Wanda Sykes in a dramatic role The movie is good... Sykes is so good you'll wonder why she hasn't been doing dramas previously. She should get awards notice- but the awards won't notice her youtu.be/gcNiiNNdkEA?...

So- the place we usually stay when we go to the Drive in Monsterama in Vandergrift Pa, went from the usual 80ish dollars a night to over 300 because the NFL draft is in Pittsburgh

Reggie Bannister is in Hospice www.gofundme.com/f/support-re...

I have not seen anything other than the poster for Wuthering Heights

Thoughts on THE LAST PUESTERO which is playing at SBIFF www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/the-...

A night of shorts and one feature -most of which I won't review for various reasons that make doing so nigh impossible- for example several are essentially blackouts where everything works to a payoff that makes the film- and keeps me from saying anything other than its simply good or not

TOUGH OLD BROADS at SBIFF is about three women who pushed the envelope and changed the world for the better. The only flaw in the film is that each of the women deserves a standalone feature of their own www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/toug...

THE OTHER ROE which is premiering at SBIFF is the story of the other case that was decided at the same time as ROE V WADE which looked into access to abortion. Its a great film, but there is too much material for a short so it needs to be expanded unseenfilms.net/2026/02/the-...

ROSE COME BACK TO ME about the Kpop group Rose opens for Valentines Day. Even if you aren't a fan you'll love this www.unseenfilms.net/2026/02/rose...

I assure you I am going to NYICFF this year- I am having issues sorting out what I'm going to. Its the Moomins fault- Im trying to sort out how to see the Moomins before I buy my tickets

I'm doing coverage of five of festivals at the same time (Films run now into March) and they are some of my favorite festivals- and I'm becoming shocked at how flat most of the selections are. The films are (mostly) fine but there are almost no peaks and valleys. Its all grey

And for the record the Halftime show was great. The actual game was dull as dirt and I would have gone to bed after half time if we didn't have guests