FilmGate continues to create opportunities for Miami film community with new...
As soon as I arrive at their studio downtown, FilmGate executive director Diliana Alexander offers me water, coffee or beer.
“Not on the job,” I...
John David Washington on being a child actor for ‘Uncle Spike’...
When actor John David Washington thinks back to the first Spike Lee film set he ever worked on, the BlacKkKlansman star says his direction...
Generation Wealth director on what happened after Queen of Versailles, more
It’s been six years since The Queen of Versailles presented a comical yet disturbing portrait of a rich Florida family who wanted to build...
The Day After captures loneliness of being with other people
As much as Hong Sang-soo’s latest film The Day After features people in conversation, hardly does a movie ever capture how alone people really...
Eighth Grade captures desire for acknowledgment with a dash of humor
Despite having been directed by a comedian, Eighth Grade may stand as one of the starkest movies you'll see about entering your teenage years....
Surreal Sorry to Bother You takes no prisoners
Sorry to bother you, but I’ll keep this short and promise to allow for some insight into the socially conscious, surrealist feature debut by...
Leave No Trace explores a drama of codependency with naturalism and...
It has been eight years since Winter's Bone introduced Hollywood to Jennifer Lawrence. Everyone knows how that career has gone. In the meantime, that...
2001: A Space Odyssey 50 years later on 70mm still transcendent
For all the writing I’ve done on the science fiction masterpiece that is Stanley Kubrick’s cinematic adaptation of 2001: A Space Odyssey (see the...
On the Seventh Day uses cinema to transport viewer to reality...
As the politics of illegal immigration saturates the news, it's refreshing to see a film that focuses on illegal immigrants but never leans into...
Ava explores familiar drama with powerful yet unobtrusive cinematic skill
The struggle that pits mother against teenage daughter transcends borders and cultures. Moviegoers in the U.S. found this familiar drama most recently expertly told...