Your Weekly Yap -- April 10
Your regular roundup of reviews, commentary and news you might have missed from Film Yap this past week!
Requiem for a fallen giant
Edward Johnson-Ott was a great writer, an even better friend, and and even better human being.
Reeling Backward: Atlantic City (1980)
Louis Malle's graceful, heartrending look at love and loss on the boardwalk remains as vibrant as ever four decades on.
IFJA honors Edward Johnson-Ott
The Indiana Film Journalists Association will honor the memory of its founding member by naming its annual award to Hoosier films and filmmakers after him.
Transference: A Love Story
A weird, flat, dull story about a romance between two nurses, one of them with mental health challenges, that could've worked better as a short film.
Moffie
This sensitive and well-meaning drama about a gay teenager conscripted into the South African military at the height of Apartheid fades badly in the last act.
Night of the Hunter
![The Night of the Hunter | film by Laughton [1955] | Britannica](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F355f0e4d-8dd5-4fca-8b9f-2ec741bb9f66_1600x1243.jpeg "The Night of the Hunter | film by Laughton [1955] | Britannica")
In this homage to a true classic, Brian Snoke says "Night of the Hunter" is a fairy tale-like movie about murder, exile and trepidation.
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P.E.N.S. (Poetic Energy Needed in Society)
This interesting documentary about the spoken word poetry scene in Houston has energy, but suffers from repetition and talking-head format.
Thunder Force
Melissa McCarthy teams up with Octavia Spencer to play superheroes in another underwhelming comedy helmed by her husband director Ben Falcone.
ReelBob’s New to View: April 13
A couple of Mel Brooks comedies and a vintage horror film headline the latest titles for home viewing.
AV Club: Indy Style -- April
On this week's show, Chris reviews "Moffie," "Voyagers," "Held," "Thunder Force" and "Atlantic City," plus a special tribute to NUVO critic Ed Johnson-Ott.
Voyagers
Horny teens in space seems like a silly concept (and it is), but "Voyagers" likely would've benefited from being hornier.