Christine Merser (AKA Hollister) goes this one alone. Fresh Kills, according to her review, should have been front and center at the Academy Awards. Was it overlooked because it's the first mafia genre film told from a woman's perspective? How could it have been overlooked? According to Hollister, it provides a perfect script, amazing acting, and a plotline that explores not only insight into mafia life but also inner family relationships: a strong father versus a daughter wh

There is a reason why “Challengers” has become the darling of the independent film and theater community. I have never seen a film that...

Run to "Perfect Days." Wait, plan to go see it twice. I have watched it twice in preparing for this review, which the fabulous Christina...

"Why watch the shorts," you may ask? Telling a story in a short film is much more difficult than in a long narrative. Every word matters,...

"May December," featuring a star-studded cast including Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, is much more than the torrid story of a seventh-grade teacher who ensnared her student, went to prison for it, and married him upon her release. It transcends that narrative, offering a profound exploration of complex themes. Don't miss the discussion on the film's production, including the techniques employed by Todd Haynes. His interpretations consistently delve deeper than the obvio

Review written by Christine Merser for The Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, Maine, where the movie will be showing through November 16th....

Review written by Christine Merser for The Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, Maine, where the movie will be showing this upcoming weekend....

Screen Thoughts recently hosted a preview of the film, Golda, and invited fifty friends and family to see the much-anticipated film about...

Christine (AKA Hollister) and Wilder dissect Apple’s the Crowded Room, and address Christine’s POV around the futility of the writer’s...

The names of many of the heroes of the Civil Rights movement are well known to us today: MLK, Malcolm X, Medgar Evers—the list goes on....

Huddle up, Succession lovers. Wake up and smell the woman. Shiv is the star of this finale, although the other actors’ performances are...

We are coming into Memorial Day weekend. Great time to watch a film you might have missed. One that the whole family can enjoy. I...

by Patrice Tanaka Whenever I’m particularly agitated and need to calm down, I’ll watch a film by the late Japanese Director Yasujiro Ozu....

On a very special episode of Screen Thoughts, Christine Merser, Bryan Cohen and Shanette Barth Cohen give a review of Netflix's The Diplomat, kicking off the episode with praise for the show's creator Debora Cahn. They are chock full of admiration and talk about the comparisons to so many past TV shows; The West Wing, Grey’s Anatomy, Homeland, all of which Debora wrote for. Some say it’s the best series on television. Don’t miss this review. One of the best from Screen Though

What a week it was chatting about Mario’s amazing box office receipts, Mafia Mama (look for no lovers on this podcast), and Renfield. We...

"You don't have to say anything. Many is the person who has missed the opportunity to say nothing." The gentle giant of a man, who says...

Toward the end of the movie “Women Talking,” one of the characters says she has thought about one of the questions they’ve been mulling...

by Christine Merser When I learned that my cohort and fellow film lover Beth Levison, who sat on a panel with me and stayed in touch,...

The “Bad Sisters” finale did me in. Yes, you will find out who did John Paul (J.P.) in, and yes, it’s a brilliant surprise, one that’s...

I wasn’t a reader of Ebert’s reviews. Shame on me. How is that possible, I ask myself, now that I have seen Life Itself? I’m not sure...