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Terri Pickens officially kicked off her campaign for Governor of Idaho at Beside Bardenay.
www.terriforidaho.com
Here's my video of her speech to the capacity crowd:
youtu.be/voRAdjN4RyQ
www.terriforidaho.com
Here's my video of her speech to the capacity crowd:
youtu.be/voRAdjN4RyQ
TERRI PICKENS / BOISE, IDAHO / THURSDAY, 11/20/25 / CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
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November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Terri Pickens officially kicked off her campaign for Governor of Idaho at Beside Bardenay.
www.terriforidaho.com
Here's my video of her speech to the capacity crowd:
youtu.be/voRAdjN4RyQ
www.terriforidaho.com
Here's my video of her speech to the capacity crowd:
youtu.be/voRAdjN4RyQ
Standing alone without a dream in his heart, Ethan Hawkes offers an intriguing portrayal of legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart saving face and losing heart in Richard Linklater's "Blue Moon". My review at The Evening Class: bit.ly/4oxL5vI
BLUE MOON (2025)—REVIEW
Blue moon, I saw you standing alone Without a dream in your heart Without a love of your own. What an apt description for legendary lyri...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Standing alone without a dream in his heart, Ethan Hawkes offers an intriguing portrayal of legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart saving face and losing heart in Richard Linklater's "Blue Moon". My review at The Evening Class: bit.ly/4oxL5vI
Young campers being hunted in the woods by a hooded madman is given a fresh run for its life through an insinuated theme that pitfalls, snares, and traps lie as much in unresolved traumas of the past as in the strategies used to overcome them. My review of PITFALL: bit.ly/3KY2S0I
SCREAMFEST 2025—PITFALL (2025): REVIEW
“Into the woods, and out of the woods, and home before dark….” —Stephen Sondheim, “Into the Woods” (1986). If only it were as easy as in a ...
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October 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Young campers being hunted in the woods by a hooded madman is given a fresh run for its life through an insinuated theme that pitfalls, snares, and traps lie as much in unresolved traumas of the past as in the strategies used to overcome them. My review of PITFALL: bit.ly/3KY2S0I
There are children-in-peril narratives and … then … there are truly mindblowing, horrific, nail-biting, cover your eyes children-in-peril narratives that have you on-the-edge of your seat, jaw clenched, dreading the worst. My review of the World Premiere of SHED at Screamfest: bit.ly/47fbck8
SCREAMFEST 2025: INTERNATIONAL (AUSTRALIA)—SHED (2025): REVIEW
Aligned with the subgenre of horror films associated with the Christmas holiday, an innocent game of hide-and-seek between siblings on Chris...
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October 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
There are children-in-peril narratives and … then … there are truly mindblowing, horrific, nail-biting, cover your eyes children-in-peril narratives that have you on-the-edge of your seat, jaw clenched, dreading the worst. My review of the World Premiere of SHED at Screamfest: bit.ly/47fbck8
Tomás, the titular protagonist of José María Cicala’s Argentine horror film "The Dollmaker" has mother issues, *major* mother issues, issues that would make Norman Bates blush. My Evening Class review: bit.ly/4h8KH4m
SCREAMFEST 2025: INTERNATIONAL—THE DOLLMAKER (ENCANTADOR, 2025)
In its North American premiere at Screamfest 2025, Argentine director José María Cicala’s Encantador ( The Dollmaker ) has everything anyo...
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October 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Tomás, the titular protagonist of José María Cicala’s Argentine horror film "The Dollmaker" has mother issues, *major* mother issues, issues that would make Norman Bates blush. My Evening Class review: bit.ly/4h8KH4m
“When you are on a sinking ship, your thoughts will be about sinking ships,” wrote George Orwell about totalitarianism in the 1940s; a statement that has regained relevance in our current moment, as highlighted by filmmaker Raoul Peck in his latest documentary essay “Orwell: 2+2=5”: bit.ly/3KJwgrk
ORWELL: 2+2=5 (2025)—REVIEW
“When you are on a sinking ship, your thoughts will be about sinking ships,” wrote George Orwell about totalitarianism in the 1940s; a state...
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October 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“When you are on a sinking ship, your thoughts will be about sinking ships,” wrote George Orwell about totalitarianism in the 1940s; a statement that has regained relevance in our current moment, as highlighted by filmmaker Raoul Peck in his latest documentary essay “Orwell: 2+2=5”: bit.ly/3KJwgrk
What available technologies would you use to supplant the memories of lost loved ones with their restored physical presence? That's the big idea BT Maza pursues in his debut feature "Affection", the opening night film for this year's Screamfest. My review at The Evening Class: bit.ly/3W0S3Ny
SCREAMFEST 2025: AFFECTION (2025): REVIEW
The World Premiere of BT Meza’s debut feature Affection (2025) served as the opening night film for this year’s edition of Screamfest, cov...
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October 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
What available technologies would you use to supplant the memories of lost loved ones with their restored physical presence? That's the big idea BT Maza pursues in his debut feature "Affection", the opening night film for this year's Screamfest. My review at The Evening Class: bit.ly/3W0S3Ny
For its North American premiere at Screamfest ( @screamfest.bsky.social ), Edgar Nito's Mexican telling of the legend of "La Miringua" lures viewers into deep waters. My review at The Evening Class: bit.ly/3WA7kVG
SCREAMFEST 2025: INTERNATIONAL—A FISHERMAN’S TALE (UN CUENTO DE PESCADORES, 2024): REVIEW
For its U.S. premiere at Screamfest, Edgar Nito’s A Fisherman’s Tale ( Un Cuento de Pescadores , 2024 ) offers a slow burn narrative intro...
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October 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
For its North American premiere at Screamfest ( @screamfest.bsky.social ), Edgar Nito's Mexican telling of the legend of "La Miringua" lures viewers into deep waters. My review at The Evening Class: bit.ly/3WA7kVG
Screamfest has launched in Los Angeles, providing anticipated expressions of our cultural anxieties. I'm always interested in how those anxieties stretch internationally, so here's my first Evening Class review for Poland's "Dead By Dawn": bit.ly/4mSD579
SCREAMFEST 2025: INTERNATIONAL—DEAD BY DAWN (2025)
Dead By Dawn ( Martwi przed świtem , 2025) —Hailing from Poland, Dawid Torrone’s Dead By Dawn had its world premiere at the Brussels Inter...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Screamfest has launched in Los Angeles, providing anticipated expressions of our cultural anxieties. I'm always interested in how those anxieties stretch internationally, so here's my first Evening Class review for Poland's "Dead By Dawn": bit.ly/4mSD579
Angling in on animated films from both a child's and an adult's perspective, here is my Evening Class write-up for "Arco" and "Hola Frida" from the Mill Valley Film Festival: bit.ly/42yOmCt
MVFF48: ANIMATION—ARCO (2025) / HOLA FRIDA (2025): REVIEWS
Lots of adults think that fairy tales are just for children, despite the fact that when the Grimms Brothers were collecting stories as an ac...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Angling in on animated films from both a child's and an adult's perspective, here is my Evening Class write-up for "Arco" and "Hola Frida" from the Mill Valley Film Festival: bit.ly/42yOmCt
My Evening Class write-up on three Mideastern entries at the Mill Valley Film Festival: bit.ly/3KHy8Ri
MVFF48—MIDDLE EASTERN CINEMA: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (2025) / THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE (2025) / PROMISED SKY (2025)—REVIEWS
Lessons in geography are one of main benefits derived from viewing the rich slate of foreign films offered at the 48th edition of the Mill V...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
My Evening Class write-up on three Mideastern entries at the Mill Valley Film Festival: bit.ly/3KHy8Ri
My review of four of the films in the "Viva Al Cine!" sidebar of the 48th edition of the Mill Valley FilmFestival is up at The Evening Class: bit.ly/4gYyUFr
MVFF48: !VIVA EL CINE!—THE SECRET AGENT (2025) / SIRÂT (2025) / MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO (2025) / YANUNI (2025)—REVIEWS
Sponsored by the Instituto Guimarães, Canal Alliance, The Consulate General of Brazil in San Francisco, and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My review of four of the films in the "Viva Al Cine!" sidebar of the 48th edition of the Mill Valley FilmFestival is up at The Evening Class: bit.ly/4gYyUFr
Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s dark enchantment “The Ice Tower” opens today in limited engagements. It's a fascinating treatment of Hans Christian Andersen's beloved fairy tale "The Snow Queen." My review at The Evening Class: bit.ly/4gUMkm4
THE ICE TOWER (2025)—REVIEW
Winner of the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at its 2025 Berlinale World Premiere, with subsequent wins at the Neuchâtel ...
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October 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s dark enchantment “The Ice Tower” opens today in limited engagements. It's a fascinating treatment of Hans Christian Andersen's beloved fairy tale "The Snow Queen." My review at The Evening Class: bit.ly/4gUMkm4
Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) kicks off in a couple of days. Here's my Evening Class capsule review for "Everywhere Man: The Life & Times of Peter Asher": bit.ly/472Fk38
MVFF48 CAPSULE REVIEW—EVERYWHERE MAN: THE LIVES AND TIMES OF PETER ASHER (2025)
Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller invariably accomplish artful profiles of the luminaries of my generation. This go-round they aim their talent...
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September 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) kicks off in a couple of days. Here's my Evening Class capsule review for "Everywhere Man: The Life & Times of Peter Asher": bit.ly/472Fk38
"Non-binary Disorientation" (2025). Vintage 1937 paper, 4.25" x 5.5" U.S. Priority Mail label. Boise, Idaho. Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Collagist: © Michael Guillén. All rights reserved.
September 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"Non-binary Disorientation" (2025). Vintage 1937 paper, 4.25" x 5.5" U.S. Priority Mail label. Boise, Idaho. Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Collagist: © Michael Guillén. All rights reserved.
"Anything Can Be A Hat" (2025). Vintage 1937 paper on 5"x2" prescription labels adhered to 8" x 5.75" card stock. Boise, Idaho. Monday, September 8, 2025. Collagist: © Michael Guillén. All rights reserved.
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
"Anything Can Be A Hat" (2025). Vintage 1937 paper on 5"x2" prescription labels adhered to 8" x 5.75" card stock. Boise, Idaho. Monday, September 8, 2025. Collagist: © Michael Guillén. All rights reserved.
"Gender Education" (2025). Vintage 1913 and 1946 paper; 11"x14" card stock. Boise, Idaho. Monday, August 25, 2025. Collagist: © Michael Guillén. All rights reserved.
August 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Gender Education" (2025). Vintage 1913 and 1946 paper; 11"x14" card stock. Boise, Idaho. Monday, August 25, 2025. Collagist: © Michael Guillén. All rights reserved.
Everyone Is Welcome Here. Scribe's Garden, Boise, Idaho. Friday, August 22, 2025. Photo: © Michael Guillén. All Rights Reserved.
August 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Everyone Is Welcome Here. Scribe's Garden, Boise, Idaho. Friday, August 22, 2025. Photo: © Michael Guillén. All Rights Reserved.
As a World Premiere at Frightfest 26, the UK-based international horror, fantasy, and thriller film festival, Keith Boynton’s "The Haunted Forest" (2025) immerses you in a scary theme park with all the jump scares that you wish were coming to **your** town on Halloween. bit.ly/4mv3vMV
FRIGHTFEST 26 (2025)—THE HAUNTED FOREST (2025): REVIEW
As a World Premiere at Frightfest 26, the UK-based international horror, fantasy, and thriller film festival held in London’s Leicester Squa...
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August 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
As a World Premiere at Frightfest 26, the UK-based international horror, fantasy, and thriller film festival, Keith Boynton’s "The Haunted Forest" (2025) immerses you in a scary theme park with all the jump scares that you wish were coming to **your** town on Halloween. bit.ly/4mv3vMV
Emulating surveillance thrillers from the 1970s, David Mackenzie's "Relay" (2024) succeeds halfway. My Evening Class review: bit.ly/3UDRKHQ
RELAY (2024)—REVIEW
Some years back I befriended a deaf mute named Mike. Our friendship was revelatory in that he exposed me to the various technologies within...
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August 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Emulating surveillance thrillers from the 1970s, David Mackenzie's "Relay" (2024) succeeds halfway. My Evening Class review: bit.ly/3UDRKHQ
The "Galapagos Affair" in whole is, without question, a great story, which was made into a great documentary "The Galapagos Affair: Satan Comes to Eden" but unfortunately into a good—but not a great—film. My review of Ron Howards' "Eden" (2024). bit.ly/4mupuUj
EDEN (2024)—REVIEW
The “Galapagos Affair”, as it came to be known over the years, has captured the imaginations of writers and filmmakers for decades, from the...
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August 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The "Galapagos Affair" in whole is, without question, a great story, which was made into a great documentary "The Galapagos Affair: Satan Comes to Eden" but unfortunately into a good—but not a great—film. My review of Ron Howards' "Eden" (2024). bit.ly/4mupuUj
Ron Howard’s EDEN (2025) calls for another look at the conversation I had w/ Dayna Goldfine & Daniel Geller (The Galapagos Affair: Satan Comes to Eden, 2013). It’s hard not to think of Howard’s fictionalization as a “remake.” bit.ly/45w3Lp3
THROWBACK THURSDAY: THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN COMES TO EDEN (2013)—THE EVENING CLASS INTERVIEW WITH DAYNA GOLDFINE AND DANIEL GELLER
Originally published by Fandor in April 2014, the release of Ron Howard’s Eden (2025) calls for another look at the conversation I had wi...
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August 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Ron Howard’s EDEN (2025) calls for another look at the conversation I had w/ Dayna Goldfine & Daniel Geller (The Galapagos Affair: Satan Comes to Eden, 2013). It’s hard not to think of Howard’s fictionalization as a “remake.” bit.ly/45w3Lp3
Winner of the Audience Award for Best International Feature at the 29th edition of the @fantasiafestival.com, Grégory Morin’s "Flush" (2025) ain't your daddy's Roto-Rooter!! My review at The Evening Class: bit.ly/4lv7cRu
FANTASIA 29 (2025)—FLUSH (2025): REVIEW
The Fantasia International Film Festival (“Fantasia”) World Premiere of Grégory Morin’s Flush (2025) scored the Audience Award for Best In...
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August 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Winner of the Audience Award for Best International Feature at the 29th edition of the @fantasiafestival.com, Grégory Morin’s "Flush" (2025) ain't your daddy's Roto-Rooter!! My review at The Evening Class: bit.ly/4lv7cRu
I caught three Spanish-speaking films at @fantasiafestival.com: "The Wailing" (2024), "Cielo" (2025) and "I Am Frankelda" (2025) from Mexico. Though their language was shared, their visions were uniquely distinct.
My write-up for The Evening Class: bit.ly/4mFwwVN
My write-up for The Evening Class: bit.ly/4mFwwVN
FANTASIA 29 (2025): SPANISH CINEMA—THE WAILING (2024) / CIELO (2025) / I AM FRANKELDA (2025): REVIEW
By “Spanish” I mean Spanish-speaking, of course, as The Wailing (2024) is a co-production from France, Argentina and Spain; Cielo (2025) ...
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August 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I caught three Spanish-speaking films at @fantasiafestival.com: "The Wailing" (2024), "Cielo" (2025) and "I Am Frankelda" (2025) from Mexico. Though their language was shared, their visions were uniquely distinct.
My write-up for The Evening Class: bit.ly/4mFwwVN
My write-up for The Evening Class: bit.ly/4mFwwVN
Dogs and cats kenneled at the 29th edition of the @fantasiafestival.com. My reviews of "Dog of God" and "Hellcat" at The Evening Class: bit.ly/4lmXCjp
FANTASIA 29 (2025)—DOG OF GOD / HELLCAT: REVIEW
Dogs and cats kenneled at the 29th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival (“Fantasia”). Anadromatic and inversive at its core,...
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August 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Dogs and cats kenneled at the 29th edition of the @fantasiafestival.com. My reviews of "Dog of God" and "Hellcat" at The Evening Class: bit.ly/4lmXCjp