Book Review: Marisha Pessl brings together Literature, Social Media and Film...
With her creative take on fiction writing, Marisha Pessl takes us on a journey of discovery alongside investigative reporter Scott McGrath. Initially not the...
Film Review: 'Blue Caprice' and the trouble with humanizing demons
Director Alexandre Moors has made a bold, if not challenging choice of subject for his debut feature film. In 2002, residents living in and around...
What They Had balances humor and heartache tied to aging
The Alzheimer’s sub-genre of drama has produced some strong cinema in recent years, but they are few and far between. The strongest ones have...
Magellanes is an excellent political thriller that reveals Peru’s history –...
“Memory is a mirror that scandalously lies.” –Julio Cortázar
Tapping into generalized trauma resulting from the armed conflict in Peru between the army and the...
Tangerine could very well be a new classic in indie film...
There’s a sense of liberation in indie writer/director Sean Baker's follow-up to his 2012 film Starlet, a film that felt weighed down by its...
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy depicts two distinct views...
As World War II stretches further in the past, its history remains no less striking. This writer understands the horrors of the war at...
‘Melancholia’ offers intimate, if flawed, look at the end of the...
Lars von Trier's Melancholia touches on humanity's existence in relation to the universe by taking an intimate approach to drama. It's a refreshing twist...
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...
‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’: the last of the great...
Though it was David Bowie's first starring role in a feature film, Nicolas Roeg's 1976 movie the Man Who Fell to Earth is far...
Queen’s Roger Taylor could try harder
In this day and age of popular music recycling the same old themes of partying, love, boasting about how great one is (Kanye), it’s...