Hundra (1983) – A pseudo-feminist sword-and-sorcery flick?  A nomadic all-women tribe (whose members often visit random men for procreation purposes — they toss back the boy-children) is attacked by a bunch of male barbarians.  It doesn’t say much for the idea of the self-sufficient grrl-power tribe that they’re completely slaughtered, all but Hundra (Laurene Langdon),…

The title is one of those sentiments you should never have to argue for, but here we are. This past Sunday, in the immediate social-media wake of the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump, I saw the perfect response expressed on X: “I’ve voting for the guy they keep trying to kill.” That needs to…

The Gateway, aka Curtain (2015) – The premise seems ready-made for a surreal comedy: A woman moves alone into a cheap apartment, and finds that her shower curtain keeps disappearing.  Finally setting a camera up to observe it, she finds that it’s being sucked into… nowhere. But it’s not played for laughs.  Danni (Danni Smith)…

Trollhunter (2010) – A terrific mockumentary about three Norwegian college filmmakers who think they’re tracking down and documenting a poacher — a mysterious outdoorsman who parks his shabby camper in various campgrounds and drives out into the woods and night… But nope, he’s actually the Norwegian government’s one-and-only troll manager, hunting down and dispatching trolls…