Film review: ‘Beware of Mr. Baker’ presents portrait of a man...
Ginger Baker is probably rock ‘n’ roll’s most infamous survivor. Call him the original, archetypal rock drummer … and you might just piss him...
Film review: ‘Barbara’ – transcending suspicion with grace
Cold War Germany has inspired many a depressing movie about humanity’s struggle in the face of oppression. The much-acclaimed Barbara offers something refreshingly different...
Alejandro Jodorowsky replies to my questions via email – Spanish version
The legendary filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky finally responded to my questions via email. He prefers to communicate in Spanish, so I had to ask these questions...
Cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s first son Brontis interviewed in “Miami...
Yesterday, I supplied the “Miami New Times” art and culture blog “Cultist” with a short story on Brontis Jodorowsky, the son of cult filmmaker...
Film Review: ‘Amour’ captures poetry of confronting death in love
More than any other foreign language film before it, Amour seems a sure-thing for winning the Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Picture of 2012....
Film review: ‘A Royal Affair’ brings alive tension of Age of...
Too often, period films are often dismissed as “costume drama.” This reductive perspective does a disservice to a genre of cinema that, in the...
Film review: ‘Tabu’ celebrates story while subverting cinema, dreams and memory
Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes heralds the new year of cinema with a bold film approaching masterpiece greatness. Shot entirely in black and white and featuring...
My profile on actor Edgar Ramirez for ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ in...
When I got the assignment to interview Édgar Ramírez for his small but key role in Zero Dark Thirty, I jumped at the chance. I respected...
Film review: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ brings obsession with elusive truth to...
Zero Dark Thirty hits theaters in limited release tomorrow riding a wave of critical buzz but also controversy. Having had the opportunity to attend...