Film and TV Reviews and Podcasts
Documentary Feature / USA Director: Darcy Dennett This review is part of my coverage of 2015’s Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Click here for more of my coverage of the festival. You can find my coverage of other Indianapolis area film and TV events here. I have always been a dog person so I write this with the caveat that […]
Narrative Feature / USA Director: Edd Benda Writer: Edd Benda Cast: Paul Stanko, Thatcher Robinson This review is part of my coverage of 2015’s Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Click here for more of my coverage of the festival. You can find my coverage of other Indianapolis area film and TV events here. In Superior, best friends Charlie and Derek set out on a two-week long bike ride around Lake Superior in the summer of 1969. The pair are weeks away from going their separate ways (college for Charlie and Vietnam for Derek), and they’re determined to make their final adventure count.
Narrative Feature / Hungary Director: Attila Szász Writer: Norbert Köbli This review is part of my coverage of 2015’s Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Click here for more of my coverage of the festival. You can find my coverage of other Indianapolis area film and TV events here. The Ambassador to Bern is a dramatic retelling of an incident that […]
Narrative Feature / Poland, USA Director: Claire Carré Writer: Charles Spano, Claire Carré This review is part of my coverage of 2015’s Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Click here for more of my coverage of the festival. You can find my coverage of other Indianapolis area film and TV events here. Embers is a Poland and US co-production about the […]
This review is part of my coverage of 2015’s Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Click here for more of my coverage of the festival. You can find my coverage of other Indianapolis area film and TV events here. Unlike the Sci-Fi and Art Appreciation shorts, This, That, and the Other didn’t have a clearly defined theme. As such this block of […]
This review is part of my coverage of 2015’s Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Click here for more of my coverage of the festival. You can find my coverage of other Indianapolis area film and TV events here. The 2015 Heartland Film Festival boasts well over 100 films in its schedule and many of those are short films. The shorts […]
Narrative Feature / USA Director: Clay Riley Hassler Writers: Anna Fields, Clay Riley Hassler This review is part of my coverage of 2015’s Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Click here for more of my coverage of the festival. You can find my coverage of other Indianapolis area film and TV events here. In Clay Riley Hassler‘s Homeless, Michael McDowell plays […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV135 – OV Live – Shocktober in Irvington 2 with Synapshot Productions, J.P. Leck, and Vizmo Films In this special live episode of The Obsessive Viewer, the guys host the second annual Shocktober in Irvington, a one-night event screening of horror short films from local filmmakers benefitting the Irvington Historical […]
Documentary Feature / UK Director: Roger Graef, James Rogan Writers: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin Featured Subjects: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin This review is part of my coverage of 2015’s Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Click here for more of my coverage of the festival. You can find my coverage of other Indianapolis area film and TV events here. In July of 2014, the comedy geniuses of Monty Python reunited for a final ten show performance at The O2 in London. Monty Python and the Meaning of Live is an intimate look behind the scenes of that performance as well as a celebration of Monty Python and the incredible […]
Narrative Feature / Festival Award Winner / USA Director: Andrew Nackman Writer: Aaron Dancik Cast: Evan Todd, Parker Young, Jon Gabrus, Chord Overstreet, Kate Flannery This review is part of my coverage of 2015’s Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Click here for more of my coverage of the festival. You can find my coverage of other Indianapolis area film and […]
RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… OV134 – Commentary Track – Back to the Future Part II (1989) with Matt Hurt and Mike White For the first time ever, it’s an Obsessive Viewer Commentary Track! Play the movie at 01:39 mark in the podcast. In honor of Back to the Future day, Matt and Mike recorded […]
Documentary Feature / USA Directors: Jeremy Coon, Tim Skousen Featured Subjects: Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala, Jayson Lamb, Angela Rodriguez This review is part of my coverage of 2015’s Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Click here for more of my coverage of the festival. You can find my coverage of other Indianapolis area film and TV events here. Raiders! The Story […]
Documentary Feature / Festival Award Winner / USA Director: Jason Zeldes Featured Subjects: Donté Clark, D’neise Robinson, Molly Raynor, Deandre Evans This review is part of my coverage of 2015’s Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Click here for more of my coverage of the festival. You can find my coverage of other Indianapolis area film and TV events here. In […]
Narrative Feature / USA Director: Phil Allocco Writer: Phil Allocco This review is part of my coverage of 2015’s Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Click here for more of my coverage of the festival. You can find my coverage of other Indianapolis area film and TV events here. The Truth About Lies is a comedy about liars, love, and what […]
Documentary Feature / USA Director: David Manougian Featured Subject: Michael Nelms This review is part of my coverage of 2015’s Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Click here for more of my coverage of the festival. You can find my coverage of other Indianapolis area film and TV events here. The Big Lonely opens with a statement saying it is a documentary shot entirely by its main character with no production crew present. As the film’s subject Michael Nelms sets a fire, the viewer is instantly immersed into this story of a man isolated and alone in the wilderness for almost a decade.
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