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...
The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America...
This year’s GEMS event by Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival (Miami Film Fest GEMS 2016 features Certain Women, Toni Erdmann, other potential Oscar...
Wild Tales doesn’t turn the other cheek — A Film Review
Wild Tales, which was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category, is a series of six stories that explores themes...
Best of Enemies shows how intellectual sparring became TV spectacle —...
A masterfully crafted documentary, Best of Enemies uses humor, an intense devotion to archival footage and ultimately, a perspective that looks beyond its subjects to...
Film and music stories in 'Pure Honey' 31, plus free music
More music on the Independent Ethos, you say? Well, every month, "Purehoney Magazine," which I also contribute to, puts together a compilation of alternative...
Miami Film Festival movies for lovers of experimental film: Cocote and...
For the more adventurous cinephile, the 35th edition of Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival has a few selections worth seeking out. They may...
Deeply moving film from Basque country, Flowers, makes exclusive U.S. commercial...
UPDATE: For those who missed it when it had its U.S. premiere theatrical run at Coral Gables Art Cinema, Loreak now has a distributor...
Final weekend at MIFF: Trueba tribute, awards and aquatic-themed films
The last weekend of the Miami International Film Festival ended on a much stronger note than it began. I caught up with a strange,...
Posthumous director Lulu Wang on the inspiration of Berlin and balancing...
With her feature film debut, Posthumous, which had its North American premiere at Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival, indie writer/director Lulu Wang says she set out...
Mountains May Depart presents beautiful meditation on hope misplaced — a...
After the rather rich but violent A Touch of Sin, China’s Jia Zhangke returns with something more intimate though no less critical of his country’s...