Film Review: 'The Hunt' examines influence of the crime on judgement
As one can expect from the director who made a name for himself with the Celebration, Thomas Vinterberg’s the Hunt (Jagten) feels like a brutal roller coaster...
Interview with stars of Almodovar's 'I'm So Excited' in 'Cultist'
Once again, work for “Miami New Times” is taking up my free writing time, but just as the band I interviewed last fits the...
My personal favorite film: ‘Rumble Fish;’ read my ode to Coppola’s...
Whenever I am asked what my favorite movie is, I declare, from the gut, without hesitation: 1983's Rumble Fish, by Francis Ford Coppola, starring...
Film Review: 'Augustine' reaches for feminism in the 'hysterical' era
If you want to see how hard it must have been to exist as a single woman in 19th Century Europe, Augustine presents a...
Rare avant-garde 16mm screening event from Miami-Dade Library Film Archives this...
Miami has seen its fair share of art house waves ebb and flow. Today, Miami is at the height of a renaissance with the...
Film Review: 'Laurence Anyways' brings glam & intimacy to transgender tale
Focusing on 10 years in the life of a man who has decided to undergo a transformation into a woman, Xavier Dolan handles the...
Film Review: 'The Attack' offers intimate statement beyond a great conflict
An amazingly ambitious film, the Attack, reaches for a larger statement beyond the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with an intriguing, multi-layered story concerned with identity on...
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...
Film review: 'Before Midnight' offers original glimpse of love evolved
As the third chapter in a real-time trilogy about two people in love, Before Midnight has a unique position to explore a relationship between...