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...
My interview with writer/filmmaker Alan Greenberg covers work with Werner Herzog...
This week has seen me caught up on a couple of preview interviews with two little-known but talented directors. The first fellow I spoke...
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...
Interview with Brady Corbet on 'Simon Killer' via 'Cultist'
I had a chance to meet the young actor Brady Corbet during this year's Miami International Film Festival (Actor Brady Corbet praises 35mm ahead of rare...