SDIFF 2011 presents Coriolanus

SDIFF 2011 presents Coriolanus

Reviewed by Alicia Glass Rating: 8 Absolute Rants In a modern adaptation of the Shakespeare story, a warrior returns home from the war to his political execution, banishment, and subsequent betrayal. It’s a hard one to explain, but if you like that sort of movie, it...
Excision

Excision

Reviewed by Alicia Glass Review Rating: 8 A disturbed teen girl just coming into her own sexuality with aspirations to become a great surgeon, struggles with a domineering mother, a terminally ill sister, a lackluster father and the strangeness of her own world. It’s...
The Woman (2011)

The Woman (2011)

Reviewed by Alicia Glass Review Rating: 7.5 A sadistic lawyer discovers a feral woman in the woods and brings her home for “civilization lessons” with his family. Chris Cleek (Sean Bridgers) is a very sick man. He looks like your typical country lawyer with a happy...
Awake

Awake

Reviewed by Alicia Glass Review Rating: 6.5 Clay Beresford suffers “anesthetic awareness”, a condition that leaves the patient awake and aware but unable move or respond, during a heart transplant, and that awareness leads to dark revelations about everyone involved...