A cup of coffee in which director Whit Stillman and I...
During the couple of times I met with film director Whit Stillman at this past Miami International Film Festival, something has bothered me about how...
Must-see Friday night opening movies: ‘Project Nim’ and ‘World on a...
So Cowboys and Aliens isn't your thing this opening weekend at the movies? Well, a couple of days ago, I reviewed a real alternative...
How Stanley Kubrick broke the rules of Classical Hollywood cinema and...
From the Internet to followers in my hometown Miami, I have long been asked to share my MA thesis that capped off my studies...
Jackie uses strong performance, meticulous staging to transmit urge for life...
I never knew Chilean director Pablo Larraín had a film like Jackie in him. Not because it’s his first film in English but because...
Under the Shadow builds tension with patience to chilling results —...
It's been a long time since a jump scare has genuinely grabbed me and left me unnerved in the pit of my guts the...
Film review: An appreciation of the minimalist beauty of ‘Las Acacias’
Sometimes a drama need not divert into histrionics to be moving. Las Acacias has a sublime quality that quietly charms with the most minimal of...
'Listen Up Philip': one of the year's most fascinating and funny...
It doesn’t take long before it becomes apparent that Listen Up Philip presents a man, specifically an author, living two lives. One is a...
Key West Film Festival highlights this weekend
The Key West Film Festival pulls back the curtain this week on a range of movie premieres, from the high profile to the Florida-focused....
Presenting Princess Shaw reveals value of success in music without the...
Presenting Princess Shaw is a sweet yet frank documentary on the aspirations of an amateur YouTube star as she unwittingly is about to go viral. By focusing...
Neruda blends fact and fiction for refreshing test of the biopic...
Last year, Chilean director Pablo Larraín made his English language debut with an unorthodox biopic on Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie uses strong performance, meticulous staging...