Sister Tempest

Sister Tempest is without doubt one of the finest Indy films I have ever seen. In a competitive market oversaturated with crap, this film shines like a beacon of hope in a morass of boring badly made awfulness. You may think when you pick it up that it's just another pretentious artsy film, that it has a nonsensical story that will never come together... The film is so solid it makes steel feel like butter. A great cast, beautiful cinematography direction, editing... It goes on. I recommend it, and you've never heard of me... What have you got to lose?

I saw this film yesterday and had to sit and let it marinate in my mind for a bit before I said too much too soon. Then went back and rewatched it to make sure I meant what I wanted to say. This movie is absolutely beautiful, in the strangest of ways. As the other review stated, it's a brain-melting film. But it's perfect. There's no such thing as a "perfect" film. But it's perfect TO ME. From the atmosphere, to the set locations, to the direction, cinematography, the editing (good lord, the editing in this film), it's everything I wanted and more when I saw the trailer. First few minutes make you think it'll be an anthology film, which at first I was like "ah, ok, well I guess that lends itself to do some cool stuff without being tied down by a narrative" but then the movie kept going, and I realized "no, everything has meaning and purpose. Nothing here was accidental." And by the end, I was truly wowed, moved, and mesmerized. This is a film that I want to STUDY. When this thing comes out on dvd and blu-ray, I hope it comes with a directors commentary to explain everything in great detail. From set designs, to deeper meanings, Easter eggs, everything. This is the type of film that makes me want to make films. 2020 has been a slow year for films (for obvious reasons), but this one made it worth it. Joe Badon is showing the big Hollywood directors how it's done.

Its trippy, its bizzare, its mezmerizing. give it a shot and support indie filmmakers. honest to the lord above, its my favorite movie of the year. it was every bit as smart as tenet, but was twice as innovative.

It was crazy, but I loved it! Hope more movies like this start getting made. Wasn't predictable, there wasn't a stale formula to it. Whole thing felt fresh and different. Some performances might have been considered poor in other movies, but here it worked.

I have nothing bad to say about the movie and it is sure to be a cult classic. I hope so, anyway. In an oversaturated film market, I can imagine it would be difficult to get your work seen, but honestly this is such a weird movie that I think it'll stand out enough to be seen. Hope to see more from Mr Badon.