Director of ‘The Road’ speaks on ghosts and scaring actors —...
Last month, not long before Halloween, director Yam Laranas' well-regarded horror film, the Road, arrived on home video in the US via Freestyle Releasing. During...
Cult director Paul Morrissey on Udo Kier and Joe Dallesandro and...
Pieced out over two separate nights, Paul Morrissey’s cult masterpieces Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood For Dracula, will play on the big screen at...
Kubrick’s ‘Fear and Desire’ finally sees official release
It took many years after his death, but director Stanley Kubrick's disowned debut feature has now finally seen official release. Thanks to restoration work by...
Interview with director of ‘Beauty is Embarassing’ – Wayne White documentary
I just finished writing a piece about the new documentary on the artist Wayne White, Beauty is Embarrassing. I spoke to the film's director...
Film review: ‘Breathing’ or death and the 18-year-old orphan
Get intimate with death and realize life. This is the simple but profound notion that fuels the quiet drama of Atmen (Breathing). In the...
Film Review: ‘Looper’ smartens up sci-fi tropes to riveting effect
Time travel and dystopia: two key tropes of the science-fiction genre. With Looper, director and sole screenwriter Rian Johnson has breathed a fresh verve...
‘The Master’ harnesses cinema’s power to maximal effect – a film...
Before I get into the aesthetic beauty of the Master, including the film’s music, cinematography, editing, mise-en-scène and—most of all--- the acting, allow me to...
‘Compliance’ reveals horrific dimensions of social behavior – a film review
Before any second of action starts in Compliance, director Craig Zobel wants to make sure the audience knows something. Prior to a bizarre, stomach-churning...
‘Side By Side’ presents close examination of digital’s quiet conquest over...
The documentary Side By Side is a film for the cinephiles still trying to come to terms with the end of film cameras and...
‘The Imposter’ is one mind-bending documentary
Not many documentaries earn the one-word description of “gripping” as deservedly as the Imposter. The film grabs the viewer’s attention from the start by...