St. Marla's Journal

Distributed by the master curator company GKIDS, Children of the Sea is the latest anime film from director Ayumu Watanabe, based on the ...

“Black Lives Matter. Black Arts Matter.” These powerful words come from a speaker addressing the children of the River City Drum Corps.Th...

The Willoughbys follows a group of siblings with despicable, negligent parents who despise their children. After being pushed too far, th...

Fisherman’s Friends is a film that follows the real-life story of the Port Isaac group Fisherman’s Friends, a group of 10 men filled with...

Volition is a Sci-Fi thriller following a man named James as he tries to understand - and potentially change - his fate. James is gifted w...

We Are Little Zombies follows four recently orphaned children - Hikari, Ishi, Ikuko and Takemura - with negative world views due to poor...

SM: Coming from the richer than plums mind of director Masaaki Yuasa, The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl is a film that follows a black-hai...

The Shaman Sorceress is one of the most beautiful films presented at the 2020 Annecy Film Festival. The Korean musical drama follows the ...

By St. Marla's Journal Contributor Emily-Ann Elizabeth Trautman. What do you get when a heroin loving trumpet player, a hit man, a crime ...

By St. Marla's Journal contributor Emily-Ann Elizabeth Trautman. Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time Part 2, is a light and fu...

Telling the story of The Man, a mysterious drifter who assumes the identity of David Martin, a man he killed a few days prior, The Quarry...

The Wonderland is an animated feature that puts the “con” in confusion. Almost an entire waste of 115 minutes, this film is saved only by...

By St. Marla's Journal contributor Emily-Ann Elizabeth Trautman. Endings, Beginnings is a heartwarming story, following a woman experienc...

Directed by anime legend Rintaro, Metropolis takes inspiration from Fritz Lang’s 1927 film of the same name and the 1949 manga written by...

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time Part I – Midnight Madness is the first installation of the three part Time Warp: The Great...

By St. Marla's Journal contributor Emily-Ann Elizabeth Trautman Sea Fever isn’t an abysmal film. Unfortunately, that is the highest prais...

Saint Frances is equal parts a sweet, sentimental film and a harsh reality check. The premise of 34-year-old Bridget, a woman recovering ...

B movies are often viewed as being campy, over the top, exploitative in content -- often, all of the above. Indeed, these low-budget film...

Taking place in 1972, Tuscaloosa tells a story intertwining tensions about the Vietnam war, race, and toxic relationships. The vessel tha...