Tag: Ann Dowd

AHFW’s Top 5 Sundance 2021 Films

Jeff Mitchell

Even though the Sundance Film Festival is a big deal and only a 90-minute flight away from Phoenix, I sadly never attended.  After growing up in Upstate NY, shoveling our 60-yard driveway hundreds of times and trudging through blizzards, ice storms, and 3-foot snowdrifts as a paperboy for five years, I tend to shy away from snowy, cold weather whenever possible.  (Living in and embracing one of the hottest cities in the country is reasonably reliable proof, don’t you think?) This year, however, I enrolled in Sundance 2021, and through…

The twisted horror film ‘Hereditary’ will leave a permanent mark

Jeff Mitchell

“Hereditary” – Look up the word “hereditary”, and some of the listed synonyms are:  inherited, genetic and family. Obviously, children inherit their parents’ genetic makeup, and this carries a scientific connotation, because at its core, this transfer is purely and factually clinical. Family, on the other hand, implies a loving home, one full of life lessons, support, concern, and care.  The words inherited and genetic always occur with 100 percent certainty.  Meanwhile, a family that lives in a loving household is less than certain.  Love is always the hope, but…