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SDIFF 2025 : Magic Hour
Reviewed by Alicia Glass San Diego International Film Festival 2025 As her suburban hell life falls apart when her cheating husband asks for a divorce and her scornful college-age daughter brooks no sympathy, Harriet decides to pursue her lifelong dream of movie-making and goes back to film school. The magic and wonder, and yes, the frustrations and tons of issues that come with making a film, whether it’s a 5-minute commercial, a 20-minute short film, or a feature-length...
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SDIFF 2022 Dotty and Soul
Reviewed by Alicia Glass After a cancelled Halloween costume scandal, Jewish entrepreneur Ethan Cox decides to try a Trading Places-like attempt at saving his career with Dotty, the charming black lady who sells snacks at his mothers’ hospital! Who does that anymore?...
SDAFF 2022 Ocean City Monster Building
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Set in 1984, the former Mayor of an upstate New York township is found dead with the body of a young girl also in his car, and his family and friends plus an out-of-town Detective attempt to unravel the mystery. So Sally Lambert (Julie Joy...
SDIFF 2022 Taurus
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Chasing the last days of a rising music star who, while trying to write his next big hit, dives headlong into his own downward spiral of drugs, expectations, and the crushing pressure of super-mega-stardom. So, the lead character Cole is...