"Late Nite Cinema" panelists Greg Young, Clinton Cornwell, Lily Kennedy, J.M. Kallet Friday night, February 7, at the recently concluded Cambria Film Festival, marked the first-ever late-night block of…
The awards ceremony Saturday night at the 2025 Cambria Film Festival was intense and inspiring, with filmmakers, staff, volunteers, judges, and sponsors in attendance. The Cambria Center for the Arts…
Larry Morgan talks with Sy Rosen at the Cambria Film Festival's opening night gala. The 2025 Cambria Film Festival is honoring Sy Rosen, a producer and writer living in Los Angeles who…
The Cambria Film Festival, running February 5-9, has given SLO Review the opportunity to preview many of the more than 80 full-length and short films that make up its 2025…
When Pansy awakes with a start early on in veteran director Mike Leigh’s new film Hard Truths, we get a close-up of her face tensed into a mask of confusion…
Courage often gets confused with bravado, especially in titles. Sometimes it takes a little risk to encounter true greatness, and in the case of Marielle Heller’s new film, we hope…
A young exotic dancer in a higher-end strip club meets an even younger millionaire from Russia who simply requests a girl who can speak Russian. The dashing young socialite is…
The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival has given SLO Review the opportunity to review some of the narrative and documentary feature films on its 2024 program schedule. Follow the…
Appreciating a “Night Gallery” of Thrills
"Late Nite Cinema" panelists Greg Young, Clinton Cornwell, Lily Kennedy, J.M. Kallet Friday night, February 7, at the recently concluded Cambria Film Festival, marked the first-ever late-night block of…
Cambria Film Fest Honors 2025 Winners
The awards ceremony Saturday night at the 2025 Cambria Film Festival was intense and inspiring, with filmmakers, staff, volunteers, judges, and sponsors in attendance. The Cambria Center for the Arts…
Sy Rosen Confronts Death with Laughs
Larry Morgan talks with Sy Rosen at the Cambria Film Festival's opening night gala. The 2025 Cambria Film Festival is honoring Sy Rosen, a producer and writer living in Los Angeles who…
CFF Review: “The Flora Sequence”
The Cambria Film Festival, running February 5-9, has given SLO Review the opportunity to preview many of the more than 80 full-length and short films that make up its 2025…
A Painful Examination of Grief
When Pansy awakes with a start early on in veteran director Mike Leigh’s new film Hard Truths, we get a close-up of her face tensed into a mask of confusion…
Motherhood’s Canine Redemption
Courage often gets confused with bravado, especially in titles. Sometimes it takes a little risk to encounter true greatness, and in the case of Marielle Heller’s new film, we hope…
The Dream of a Glass Slipper
A young exotic dancer in a higher-end strip club meets an even younger millionaire from Russia who simply requests a girl who can speak Russian. The dashing young socialite is…
SLOIFF Review: “Good Bad Things”
The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival has given SLO Review the opportunity to review some of the narrative and documentary feature films on its 2024 program schedule. Follow the…