Highlights from The Key West Film Festival 2018
We paid a visit to the Key West Film Festival once again, and yet again it featured some major movies by notable auteurs riding...
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is an anti-snowflake experience
Throughout much of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, one wonders what these episodic stories about ill-fated or ill-behaved denizens of Manifest Destiny have in...
What They Had balances humor and heartache tied to aging
The Alzheimer’s sub-genre of drama has produced some strong cinema in recent years, but they are few and far between. The strongest ones have...
Isabelle Huppert talks Hong Sang-soo, Claire’s Camera and future projects...
“This place is so inspiring,” says legendary French actress Isabelle Huppert with a gasp. “Such a beautiful theater.”
Huppert has arrived in Miami for a...
Luca Guadagnino re-imagines Suspiria with mixed results
The first thing you should know about Luca Guadagnino’s version of Suspiria is that it is merely based on the characters of Dario Argento’s...
I Am Not a Witch plays like a dark comedy on...
In the Western world, when we hear about witches, we think of the Salem witch trials. Even with Wicca in the modern world and...
Independent Ethos Radio Hour – episode 1
It's here, the first episode of The Independent Ethos Radio Hour on Joltradio.org. To sum it up, this was recorded just after I attended...
Miami Film Festival GEMS presents movies to watch out for come...
I just finished a long weekend watching premieres of movies that will slowly roll out as possible Oscar contenders come next year. In total,...
Colette gives us meta Keira Knightley in timely period biopic
Keira Knightley's portrayal of early 20th century French author Colette deserves special acknowledgement in the biopic of the same name. In fact, one can look...
22 July offers even-tempered depiction of horrific 2011 Norway attack
The films of British writer-director Paul Greengrass exist in two realms: the fantasy of the Jason Bourne films and the reality of true-life horrors...