David Ray Carter is a Birmingham, Alabama based film critic and has been writing about film since 1998.
Reviews
Tuesday, May 4 2010
Lord Save Us from Your Followers
The flaw with Lord Save Us from Your Followers is ultimately the same flaw of any exclusively political or religious documentary in that it is mostly preaching to the choir.
Thursday, April 22 2010
Murder.com
This has a cinematic equivalent to a romance novella – you may find yourself absorbed into its world of thinly drawn characters and cautionary warnings against escaping the boundaries of small town life.
Wednesday, April 21 2010
Taxidermia
Taxidermia is concerned primarily with its striking visuals, which are at once beautiful and disturbing.
Thursday, April 15 2010
The Collector
This brings an almost Hitchcockian level of suspense to the torture-porn subgenre of horror, and crucially makes the audience care more about what will happen rather than how it will happen.
Friday, January 8 2010
Runaway
From a purely technical standpoint, Runaway is flawless -- well acted, appropriately paced and shot beautifully. The film’s narrative leaves much to be desired, however.
Blogs
Wednesday, June 23 2010
The Storyteller Speaks: Rare and Different Fictions of the Grateful Dead
As well written as the stories are, perhaps the biggest enticement for readers will be the chance to glimpse one of the longest lasting subcultures in American history.
