Lover for a Day presents beautiful if cynical story about relationships
“How does somebody suddenly become so indifferent?” “That’s it, no more relationships if that’s how it ends.” “I was played by love. Not by...
Palm Trees, Sunshine and Filmmaking: The Third Annual FilmGate Interactive
FilmGate Interactive’s third iteration starts today in Miami. The film festival/conference is an interactive, immersive event that is part entertainment and part an educational...
24 Frames offers revolutionary perspective on the ‘long take’
"I’ve often noticed that we’re not able to look at what’s in front of us unless it’s inside a frame." – Abbas Kiarostami
Lions humping...
Film Review: Andrea Arnold’s raw and impressionistic take on ‘Wuthering Heights’
I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through...
Top 5 alternative film happenings this summer
Ah, summer… It can be a beautiful time, but it can also be too hot to handle during the day. For cinephiles, it can also...
The Nightingale makes revenge unsettling
There hasn’t been a movie this year that has so consistently moved me as much as the violent, horrifying revenge film The Nightingale. A...
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...
Good Kill drowns its moral message on drone war with too...
There's nothing wrong with morally conscious movies. The problem arrives when morality overshadows character development and overtakes narrative. Good Kill is one of those films...
The Handmaiden is a gorgeously lavish depiction of female sensuality –...
The Handmaiden is a wild ride through sensual images that at times feel excessive, but so it is with Korean director Park Chan-wook, who...
Film Review: 'Blackfish' presents brutal picture of orcas in captivity
Blackfish trains its lens on killer whales in captivity and the cover-up of tragedies involving one orca in particular who seemed to turn psychotic:...