Catfish

Catfish

Film review by: Witney Seibold

Nev Schulman is a handsome and naïve twentysomething living in the big city, working as a dance photographer, and sharing an office with his documentarian brother Rel Schulman, and Rel’s associate Henry Joost. When Nev received a painting in the mail of one of his photos, recently published in the New York Times, he begins to seek out a rapport with the artist, an 8-year-old girl named Abby living in Michigan. Abby and Nev talk a lot, and Nev becomes good friends with Abby and Abby’s mother Angela, communicating online and by phone. They become friend on Facebook, and Nev soon enters the social circle of Abby and Abby’s family.

The Town

The Town

Film review by: Witney Seibold

While “The Town” does not have the psychological heft of Ben Affleck‘s last directorial effort, “Gone, Baby, Gone,” nor is it marked by that film’s performing aplomb, “The Town” is still possessed of that local Bostonian authenticity that Affleck has now proven he is so good at directing, and it’s still a powerful crime drama.