PinnedInCounter ArtsbyBrandon Judell·Nov 26, 2025The Film God Doesn’t Want You to SeeNicolas Cage is Jesus’s “Daddy” in The Carpenter’s SonA response icon2A response icon2
PinnedInBouncin’ and Behavin’ BlogsbyBrandon Judell·Feb 5, 2025What Is It to Be A Jew? A Bushel and a Peck of Answers (New York Jewish Film Festival)“It’s hard being a Jew nowadays” began my 2023 coverage of this annual fest. Well, it’s still not a breeze, but not just for the Jews.A response icon2A response icon2
PinnedInAn Injustice!byBrandon Judell·Jan 3, 2025Is “The Binding” One of the Most Daring Israeli Gay Films Ever Made?Yes, indeedy! At least that’s what The Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival is swearing, and who are we to disagree? The Fest also…
PinnedInAn Injustice!byBrandon Judell·Dec 3, 2024Does “Schindler’s List” Meet “Pink Flamingos” in “Solvent”? Not Exactly.As the end credits roll by for Solvent, an awe-inspiring pseudo-documentary, you’ll be relieved to learn that “no mice, dicks, or feelings…
PinnedInCounter ArtsbyBrandon Judell·Oct 6, 2024Snuffed-Out TV Lesbians & Erotic Vegan Baking at the Vancouver Queer Film FestivalTwo highs from the 36th VQFFA response icon2A response icon2
Brandon Judell·5d agoRevisiting “Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures” . . . or “Blow Job” Meets Harry Potter“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have,” Andy Warhol once noted. But after viewing the superb new…
Brandon Judell·Jun 22“Honeyjoon”:“White Lotus” Irani-StyleLilian T. Mehrel’s dramedy, Honeyjoon, winner of the Tribeca AT&T Untold Stories Award, sports a doleful essence tinged with frivolity…A response icon2A response icon2
Brandon Judell·Apr 28“The Sheep Detectives” or Agatha Christie Gets WoolyAlexander the Great once mistakenly noted: “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a…
InCounter ArtsbyBrandon Judell·Mar 20Sex, Poverty, and Even Some LesbianismThe Plight of Writers in French Cinema
InBouncin’ and Behavin’ BlogsbyBrandon Judell·Jan 24Matzoh Balls, First Dates, and Marilyn Monroe: New York Jewish Film Fest ArrivesThe last twelve months supplied us with numerous transportive moments across screens big and small that were very hard to cold-shoulder.