Key West Film Festival wraps 5th year with brilliant films big...
The Key West Film Festival celebrated its fifth annual iteration this past week. It’s a special kind of film festival in that it arrives...
Repression and its Discontents: Under the Sun presents radical truth through...
Documentaries are long-form investigative reports that try to portray true life events to illustrate or make a point. While not completely unbiased -- who...
Violence and coming of age in Kill Me Please — a...
Violence, the sexualization of the body and religious fanaticism clash in this powerful coming-of-age story. In Kill Me Please, a group of four young...
Nocturnal Animals uses conflicting narratives to reveal conflicting nature of love...
Typically, Hollywood movies celebrate weddings as a big, positive climax in a film’s plot line or even the ultimate goal of its protagonists. Reality,...
Arrival offers power in perspective via sci-fi narrative — a film...
After all of its hype since its world premiere at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, in September, Arrival is likely to leave some disappointed. But...
Loving director Jeff Nichols uses low-key drama to magnify inherent power...
With his latest movie, Loving, writer-director Jeff Nichols holds back from amping up a story to allow its inherent power to resonate beyond the...
Certain Women suffuses message in low-key cinematic technique — a film...
Miami born writer-director Kelly Reichardt is not known for making movies with overt narratives or clear messages. With Certain Women, her sixth feature, some...
Aquarius explores our relationship to home and belonging — a film...
“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned” -- Maya...
Art Basel Miami Beach announces details of its 2016 film program...
Art Basel Miami Beach has announced details of its 2016 film component, and it includes a local favorite. Jillian Mayer's viral 2011 short film, "I am...
In The Thoughts that Once We Had a visual essay explains...
It is hard to convey the many ideas that are packed into the new film by Thom Andersen, an exploration of concepts and experiences acquired and...