Can we stop pretending that a film like Drew Barnhart's RONDO is an acceptable film for a man to make? It's not empowering to cast a woman in some sort of male fantasy with the only flip being ‘she wants it.’ From the start of the film to the end, Barnhart's 70's throwback shlock seems particularly devised to play to the baser instincts that genre Festival programmers love for … [Read more...]