Author: Dustin Sells

Heartland and The Female Voice
One of the major highlights of my time covering the deadCenter Film Festival this year was seeing Heartland and talking…

Black Mountain Poets
Black Mountain Poets is an improvisational comedy, that will delight some, though it is not my cup of tea. What…

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Maya Angelou is one of the most important figures in twentieth century American literature and of the Civil Rights Movement…

Electric Nostalgia: Body/Soul Metaphysics
The film is definitely a science fiction film with elements of horror that recall the 1930s Universal horror cycle. However,…

Hunt for the Wilderpeople
DeadCenter is upon us! I got to catch the winner for Best Narrative Feature, Hunt for the Wilderpeople on the…

Modernist AND Classical: Bordwell Was Wrong
Modernist AND Classical: Bordwell was Wrong! Part 1 This is part of a series that will interrogate the notion of…

52 Films By Women Mid-Year Report
Last January I took the 52 Films By Women Pledge brought to you by the nice folks at Women in…