Film Review [in 'Miami New Times']: 'Cubamerican' documentary walks a nice...
My latest film review was taken by the "Miami New Times" art and culture blog "Cultist." It's fitting, considering its subject: a group of people key...
Film Review: 'Stories We Tell' reveals the elusive quality of truth
If you think you know anyone, even your closest family member, you may be wrong. Canadian director Sarah Polley makes that vividly clear with her...
Multi-hyphante filmmaker Terence Nance on ‘An Oversimplification of Her Beauty’
The other filmmaker I spoke with this week was Terence Nance. Who will make a Skype appearance at Miami's O Cinema Wynwood tonight for...
Film Review: 'Something in the Air' presents vibrant picture of youth...
Sometimes the use of a song makes a movie or provides the perfect capper that resonates throughout the work. For Something In the Air...
Film Review: 'Post Tenebras Lux' may be the most challenging film...
Post Tenebras Lux, the fourth film by Mexican director Carlos Reygadas demands a relaxed, open mind well aware of the boundaries of cinema and...
Interview: ‘Frances Ha’ actress Greta Gerwig in "Miami New Times" …...
The other day, I ran a review of one of only a few films I have seen this year that I would already consider...
Film Review: 'Frances Ha' reveals Noah Baumbach's luminous lighter touch
Director Noah Baumbach is one of the most honest filmmakers working today. Often quixotically summed up as misanthropic or angst-ridden, Baumbach’s films actually feature an astute sense of...
Film Review: ‘Upstream Color’ settles on a fence of gaping interpretation
I consider Shane Carruth's Primer among the best films of I saw in 2004. I caught it in an almost empty theater during a free...
Film Review: 'Paradise: Love' peels away layers perpetuated by Disney gloss...
The first part in what is bound to be a difficult if powerful trilogy to sit through, Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Love patiently and subtly unfurls...
Film Review: 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' proves J.J. Abrams a better...
Lens flares, zooms, explosions, 3-D, space ships, aliens! Ugh, that was exhausting. Still, I cannot knock Star Trek Into Darkness. It takes a crafty, passionate...