Stories By Jordan M. Smith
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Reviews
The Islands and The Whales | 2016 Hot Docs Festival Review
May 11, 2016Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Day’s Sophomore Effort Investigates Cultural & Environmental Repercussions Very much a...
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Reviews
How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change | 2016 Hot Docs Review
May 10, 2016Where To Save Next: Fox Expands Fracking Fight To Wage War On Climate Change Via Globetrotting...
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Reviews
Contemporary Color | 2016 Hot Docs Review
May 9, 2016On An Ultralight Beam: Ross Brothers Turn David Byrne’s Color Guard Dream Into Vivid Sensorial Masterpiece Back in...
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Disc Reviews
The Criterion Collection: The Manchurian Candidate | Blu-ray Review
April 5, 2016As we go through another round of sensationalized presidential campaigns with various candidates claiming altruism in...
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Interviews
Interview: AJ Schnack (Speaking Is Difficult / Field of Vision)
March 28, 2016Free of much of the industry hustle and bustle of most major film festivals, Columbia, Missouri’s True/False...
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Disc Reviews
Rage of Honor | Blu-ray Review
March 15, 2016Stemming from the wild success of Cannon’s B-picture ninja streak with films like the Franco Nero starred Enter The...
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Film Festivals
2016 True/False Film Festival: Jordan M. Smith’s Postscript
March 15, 2016It might be missing the industry saturated Park City fervor, but the smaller, shorter, and more intimate...
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Disc Reviews
Bound For Glory | Blu-ray Review
February 23, 2016Biopics are best when focused on segmented portions of emotional turmoil, professional escalation or some perfect combination of...
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Disc Reviews
L’inhumaine | Blu-ray Review
February 23, 2016Shohei Imamura’s brutalist depiction of female resilience in his masterwork of 1963, The Insect Woman, echoes the beloved French...
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Disc Reviews
Criterion Collection: The Kid | Blu-ray Review
February 16, 2016Outfitted with a new score and title sequence, reedited sans several scenes involving the woman, and...