Portrait of a Lady on Fire slays it for Florida Film...
I'm really proud to see that The Florida Film Critics Circle really went against trends in their choices for the best of cinema in...
Dunkirk deserves all the technical prizes at next year’s Oscars but...
Here it is, July, and the movie to beat in next year’s Oscar race for all the technical awards will be Dunkirk. After his...
Florida Film Critics Circle reveal best of 2017… and my ballot
Today the Florida Film Critics Circle announced the winners of the best films and performances on film in 2017. How does this writer feel...
Oscar Nominated I Am Not Your Negro is a steadfast look...
The idea of historic recurrence is one that has animated several thinkers to stress the importance of how a particular moment in time may...
Oscar-nominated A War presents subtle anti-war message — a film review
The Oscar-nominated film from Danish writer-director Tobias Lindhol, A War (Krigen) probably stands as the most subdued entry into the mix of foreign language films...
Director/producer Andrew Hevia on Leave The Bus Through The Broken Window
You’d be forgiven if you sense director Andrew Hevia has a fixation on his own feet. The Los Angeles-based documentary filmmaker (not to mention...
Phantom Thread comes close to dominating International Cinephile Society best of...
This critic ends his duties in the 2017 cinematic awards season with a second year participating in the 15th International Cinephile Society poll (getting me...
IndieEthos Insiders Tour 3: Toni Erdmann uses humor as lifeblood —...
Below the surface of its brilliantly timed screwball humor, the German Oscar contender Toni Erdmann holds a tender story of staying true to family....
Filmmakers Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson on meanings of Anomalisa and awards...
On an uncharacteristically wet and chilly Tuesday morning in Downtown Miami, filmmakers Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson sit at a round table easily large...
The Salesman tests morals limits of a good husband — a...
It’s easy to consider hypothetical reactions when one is confronted with moral quandaries in the movies -- especially in Hollywood movies. Good and evil...