Sister Tempest

The movie has elements of horror, comedy, dark comedy, mystery, sci-fi, music, and all far a low budget. This is what filmmaking is about, practical sets and costumes! Going against the grain and trying to make something new and exciting! This is why we watch movies, this is why film festivals exist; to give the little guys and girls a chance to show us all why they're made of. This is an imaginative movie that begs to be watched again and again.

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?

This was a brain-melting psychotic film. And I loved every scene. It's the type of movie that makes me mad because I wish I made it. Fantastic editing. The actors were quirky, just like the rest of the film. Everything that SHOULD be a flaw works so wonderfully with the movie's tone and style. This isn't a movie, this is a film. This is art. That said, it's a very strange and outlandish film. Within 1 minute, you know what you're getting into. And to me, that's perfect. Writer/director Joe Badon has not only crafted a masterpiece, but a new kind of masterpiece.

I don't have any major gripes about the movie from my own personal taste. But I can see how the movie is so strange and has so much going on, that it could lose the a lot of people before each plot thread ties in together. And believe me, everything does tie in at the end, but I can see how the movie could potentially lose someone before then. As for me, I thought this was the best film of the festival I saw it at. And that says a lot.

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.