Review: Reminiscence

Have you ever seen “Brainstorm” or “Memento”? How about “Total Recall,” “Dreamscape,” “Minority Report” or, perhaps, “Strange Days”? No? Watch those instead. Because writer/director Lisa Joy’s feature film debut, “Reminiscence,” lifts many of its influences from those films, and probably a half-dozen others I am forgetting, without doing anything interesting with any of them. Set…

Circle Cinema premieres Oscar-nominated short films

Circle Cinema offered a showing of the Oscar-nominated short films. The animated short films premiered on Jan. 31 followed the next Friday (Feb. 7) by the premiere of the live action short films and documentaries. ANIMATED SHORTS (Running Time: 83 minutes) Reviews by Sam Levrault “Dcera (Daughter)” – Daria Kashcheeva, Czech Republic, 15 min. “Dcera (Daughter)”…

Tulsa American Film Festival Short Film Review

For the past five years, Tulsa has hosted a wondrous exhibit of film. From short-film to classic film to music videos, the Tulsa American Film Festival showcases an array of the amazing artwork created by talented filmmakers. This year marks five years since the festival’s start. The festival stretched over five days, beginning on Oct….