Director Byron Conrad Erwin has been the guiding force behind a series of often visionary films notable for their willingness to take chances. Lure was the stroking confusion of Biblical scripture; Lynch Mob, conversely, was his humorous R-rated tale of undead cannibalism. With Cardboard Castles, Erwin updates the Hans Christian Anderson tale Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne (1845) to modern slums [...]

Everyone needs to see this film. Even if you find afterwards you can’t breathe for a moment, and you find yourself stumbling in a haze of tears and grief. The whole point of this story is to bring the searchlight of compassion and charity into the heart. This is quite a stern message and a [...]

After watching this film, I came away with the concept that death was not something to be feared or a bad thing, but something that might be comforting and positive. I love this movie for that. Because even as a child who was struggling, I too had many things to be thankful for in comparison to [...]

Erwin’s tale about two little homeless girls who are afraid for their lives is brilliant. The girls, tattered and unkempt, hide up in a basement, playing make-believe to occupy themselves. In their minds they see visions; in the final one, their mother appears and carries the little girls into heaven. With muted blues, greens and [...]