Filmmaker David Trueba talks Lennon and subverting biopics for the sake...
At the end of June Spanish filmmaker David Trueba was in Miami to present his new film Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed at...
'Begin Again' makes for an endearing follow-up in the shadow of...
Sometime past the halfway point of Begin Again, ex-record executive and occasional drunk Dan (Mark Ruffalo) tells his new discovery, the British singer-songwriter Gretta...
An apocalyptic train ride: 'Snowpiercer' – a film review
Snowpiercer is an enthralling, fast-moving sci-fi action film about a post-apocalyptic world where the few survivors of a frozen planet earth are the occupants of...
'Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case' explores Chinese artist's conceptual protest against...
It has been almost two years since Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry hit theaters (read my review). For a comprehensive film on the Chinese dissident...
University of Miami's Cosford Cinema to host Godard 35mm summer series
Though many great directors from the French New Wave have passed, it has been fascinating to have Jean-Luc Godard as long and productive as we...
'Ida' comes to South Florida in 35mm; My review appears in...
Ida, the new film by Pawel Pawlikowski, already stands as a favorite film of 2014 for this writer. I've seen it about three times already....
'Borgman' invites viewers to bring morals to its grippingly enigmatic narrative
A good mystery movie does not always fit the classic whodunit model, with all questions tidily wrapped up like the ending of a “Scooby...
Brontis Jodorowsky on the psychomagic of 'Dance of Reality,' training for...
The way Brontis Jodorowsky explains it, his father’s new film, The Dance of Reality, is much more than a cinematic adaptation of the memoir...
Alejandro Jodorowsky replies to my questions via email, Part 2 –...
It was deadline day, and like magic, after almost a month waiting for his response via email, the legendary filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky finally responded to...
Filmmaker/Activist Jose Antonio Vargas talks about hesitation to bare his soul...
About a week ago, filmmaker/activist Jose Antonio Vargas was buzzing about Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel introducing his film Documented, which focuses on his life...