Certain Women suffuses message in low-key cinematic technique — a film...
Miami born writer-director Kelly Reichardt is not known for making movies with overt narratives or clear messages. With Certain Women, her sixth feature, some...
The People vs. Fritz Bauer has lots of drama, not enough...
The People vs. Fritz Bauer presents the story of Attorney General Fritz Bauer, a Jew on a quest to prosecute the crimes of the...
Damsel’s strong performers can’t help well-intended, quirky but moribund script
Beneath the surface of the quirky, surreal sight gags of Damsel, like Robert Pattinson dressed in dandyish cowboy wear leading a miniature horse by...
‘In the Family:’ most powerful indie drama so far this year
While watching In the Family, one cannot help but notice it as a film designed to highlight the screenwriting and acting. The camera lingers...
Lady Bird celebrates rites of growing up with dynamic humor and...
No animal symbolizes escape and freedom better than a bird. The notion for earthbound dreamers that one could spring into the air and fly...
Film and music stories in 'Pure Honey' 31, plus free music
More music on the Independent Ethos, you say? Well, every month, "Purehoney Magazine," which I also contribute to, puts together a compilation of alternative...
Film Review [in 'Miami New Times']: 'Cubamerican' documentary walks a nice...
My latest film review was taken by the "Miami New Times" art and culture blog "Cultist." It's fitting, considering its subject: a group of people key...
Amy: the vicious pop media machine and the woman unfit to...
You don’t need this movie to show you Amy Winehouse was an independent spirit at heart, but feature filmmaker turned documentary filmmaker Asif Kapadia hits the...
Film Review: 'Augustine' reaches for feminism in the 'hysterical' era
If you want to see how hard it must have been to exist as a single woman in 19th Century Europe, Augustine presents a...
Sunset cinematic mansplaining that reveals woman’s early 20th century woman’s experience
With Sunset, the Oscar-winning director of Son of Saul (Son of Saul, a grim out-of-body experience at Auschwitz — a film review) returns with...