Friend and local filmmaker Jonathan Isaac Jackson is currently working on a short documentary about the history and culture of the Mardi Gras Indians, a subject that has been done […]
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Neaux Reel Idea: Lost Bayou Review
December 1, 2019In watching the Lost Bayou Ramblers rockumentary On Va Continuer!, I was struck by the effort it took to visit various communities out in the Acadiana bayous. We’re taken on […]
Neaux Reel Idea: It Chapter Two Review
September 9, 2019When the big budget adaptation of Stephen King’s classic horror tome It came out a few years ago, some were taken aback by the box office success, which lead to […]
Neaux Reel Idea (Special Edition): Django Unchained and Blowing Up the Oppressors
July 2, 2019With Quentin Tarantino’s latest and 9th feature film, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, releasing later this month, I thought this might be a good time to revisit a portion […]
Neaux Reel Idea: Child’s Play (2019) Review
June 23, 2019Could Child’s Play be that rare instance of an 80s remake that gets things right? Yes, it could be.
Neaux Reel Idea: Toy Story 4 Review
June 22, 2019Somehow, the meaning of Toy Story 4 is in itself as it stands now. And that’s as a truly excellent bookend to an arc started over twenty years ago.
Neaux Reel Idea: Fast Color Review
June 19, 2019I don’t think it’s fair to Fast Color to call it a “superhero” film. Not that the genre as a whole or even in part is derogatory, mind you, but […]
Neaux Reel Idea: The Dead Don’t Die Review
June 16, 2019All through the movie, there’s this ho-hum calmness and stillness when discussing and investigating the escalating zombie incidents. It’s dry humor.
Neaux Reel Idea: Pause Review
June 15, 2019For all of recorded human history, women have mostly gotten the rotten end of the apple – not to make a reference to Adam & Eve, of course. In the […]
Neaux Reel Idea: Luke & Jo Review
June 14, 2019Luke & Jo digs in with surprising revelations and beautifully rendered bouts with faith.
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