Sand Storm unveils structural constraints for women in Israel – a...
Set in southern Israel, Sand Storm is a sensitive and moving portrayal of the still complicated social structure for women in Israel. The film,...
Cameraperson is a subtle but deeply moving film about filmmaking –...
The process of filmmaking can be mysterious; the creation of images that are far removed from an audience through time and space can stir...
GEMS recommendations: Certain Women and Old Stone contrast in drama but...
Gems 2016, a mini-film festival of sorts by Miami-Dade College's Miami Film Festival, is now underway at the Tower Theater in Miami. It kicked...
The Age of Shadows, a historical political thriller that keeps you...
The Age of Shadows is a period piece that combines the intensity of a spy movie with beautiful scenes of Korea in the early...
The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America...
This year’s GEMS event by Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival (Miami Film Fest GEMS 2016 features Certain Women, Toni Erdmann, other potential Oscar...
MA expands your mental horizons through images — a film review
In abstract art, form takes the foreground, departing from traditional visual cues that are referential. Instead, artists seek in abstraction to convey ideas that...
Chronic delivers powerful performances but lacks genuine tension — a film...
Mortality will get us all in the end. However, the journey there is long and for some arduous. In Chronic, we get a portrayal...
Magellanes is an excellent political thriller that reveals Peru’s history –...
“Memory is a mirror that scandalously lies.” –Julio Cortázar
Tapping into generalized trauma resulting from the armed conflict in Peru between the army and the...
Deepwater Horizon and the fragility of humanity in the face of...
With Deepwater Horizon, director Peter Berg returns to another botched, fatal mission featuring Mark Wahlberg. Whereas Lone Survivor (2014) involved the military and bad communication that ended...
Come What May offers a striking reminder of the perils of...
Wars are shocking and impactful phenomena that have devastating consequences for the human experience. As Betrand Russel once said, “War does not determine who...