A former editor of millimeter, the magazine about the technology of making movies, I’ve written about movies for the World and Independent Film Page on About.com. the Kansas City Star and local site KCActive. I’m a guest critic on the independent, foreign and documentary review episodes of Steve Kraske's "Up to Date" on KCUR, the Kansas City NPR affiliate and a former member of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.

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Room (2005)

May 6, 2011

Julia, a Texan living paycheck to paycheck, robs the bingo hall where she works and takes off to New York in search of an empty warehouse room. The reality depicted in the first 30 minutes or so is fascinating and heart-wrenching. But it all ends once Julia reaches New York. Director/writer Kyle Henry shouldn't try to find meaning elsewhere when he's pegged it on the first go.