‘Armadillo’ offers chilling document of the fog of war
Armadillo, a war documentary by Danish filmmaker Janus Metz Pedersen, works on many levels. He spent six months with a platoon of Danish troops: ...
The Rider captures drama through empathetic neo-realism and stirring imagery
After lucidly presenting a family drama on an Indian reservation in her debut feature, Songs My Brother Taught Me (Songs My Brothers Taught Me...
Gabó brings back electro-scoring to silent film with Buster Keaton
Gabriel Pulido, aka Gabó, will once again bring his unique ambient music stylings to a silent film at the Miami Beach Cinematheque. Last year, Pulido produced...
Actor Brady Corbet praises 35mm ahead of rare screening of ‘Au...
Yesterday, the "Miami New Times" arts and culture blog "Cultist" published an interview I performed with actor Brady Corbet. He is at the Miami International Film Festival to introduce Robert Bresson’s...
Bertolucci returns to select cinemas with slight drama 'Me and You'...
With its drama mostly unfolding in the cellar of a high-rise in Rome, Me and You (Io e te ) probably stands as legendary...
More wide release crap this weekend
Since I mentioned the wide release film that would conquer the weekend's box office last week, Friday, I might try again this week: Twilight:...
Roger Ebert's life and death cuts to core of humanity in...
It takes a courageous sense of perspective for a filmmaker to get to the place necessary to make a review-proof documentary, and director Steve...
Jesse Eisenberg on coming to work with Joachim Trier and the...
Louder Than Bombs, the first English language film by Norwegian writer-director Joachim Trier reveals a different side of the director who gave us the low-key...
Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D affirms a master filmmaker’s place in...
Anyone who loves cinema -- and I’m talking about visuals, sound and editing, with acting and narrative falling into fourth and fifth place --...
New restoration of ‘A Trip to the Moon’ heads to cinemas...
It has been almost 20 years since an original, hand-colored print was discovered of George Méliès’ Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to...