Good intentions don't always pay off in 'War Story' — a...
With recent headlines of journalists killed or under threat to be killed in war zones, the trauma of the conflict for those journalists, who are civilians,...
'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For' is all film noir...
There’s an inherit problem to the Sin City movies. With so much visual flair, any sense of substance feels obscured by its imagery. As...
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...
'Closed Curtain' continues Iranian filmmaker's abstract expression in art despite ban–...
It’s funny how the First Amendment gives U.S. citizens the right to be jerks. They can protest homosexuality at soldiers’ funerals, harass women at...
Vincent Moon retrospective in Miami — A review
I've been a fan of Vincent Moon since 2010, however, I had never heard about him until last week. Before then, I had spent countless hours...
Director/M.D. Ryan McGarry talks about his visceral documentary 'Code Black'
A doctor made a movie, and it’s a powerful one. Indiewire calls Code Black one of the "Best Documentaries of 2014 So Far" (see...
'Boyhood' is Linklater's masterpiece on youth, existence and humanity
It could have just been written off as some gimmick. But in the hands of director Richard Linklater a film shot over 12 years becomes something...
Filmmaker Vincent Moon talks about the influence of music and rootlessness...
French filmmaker Vincent Moon has nearly 700 films under his belt. Despite subjects as diverse as music videos for popular bands like REM or a vérité...
Filmmaker Vincent Moon talks about the influence of music and rootlessness...
Filmmaker Vincent Moon is a man without a home, and as a rootless traveler, he has shot brief but transcendent films that capture the essence...
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...