Wiener-Dog toggles between the grim and beautiful with Solondz’s uncompromising wit...
Unlike many indie filmmakers who plied their craft in the 1990s era of uncomfortable humor whose grim laughs came from looking at the darkest...
LCD Soundsystem sets high standard for any future live shows
This past Wednesday night marked the first of the concerts listed in an earlier posting I had the pleasure to attend: LCD Soundsystem and...
White God takes the easy route to schlock over allegory– a...
Coupled with several striking film stills taken from the best moments of the movie (just look at the poster), the concept sounds interesting: In some alternate...
‘Blank City’ celebrates the art of “No Wave”
With Blank City, first-time director Celine Danhier offers a celebration of the influential art scene of New York City during the late seventies and...
Film Review: ‘Fruitvale Station’ fuels heartache with intimacy
Early this year, I noticed fervent statements on Twitter regarding the next “big” film out of Sundance: Fruitvale. Later re-titled Fruitvale Station, the film had been...
Film review: ‘Barbara’ – transcending suspicion with grace
Cold War Germany has inspired many a depressing movie about humanity’s struggle in the face of oppression. The much-acclaimed Barbara offers something refreshingly different...
Revenge of the Mekons presents a portrait of a band whose...
I had a bit of a meta experience at the screening of Revenge of the Mekons the other night. Early in the film, the band jokes about...
Film review: ‘Beware of Mr. Baker’ presents portrait of a man...
Ginger Baker is probably rock ‘n’ roll’s most infamous survivor. Call him the original, archetypal rock drummer … and you might just piss him...
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...
'Closed Curtain' continues Iranian filmmaker's abstract expression in art despite ban–...
It’s funny how the First Amendment gives U.S. citizens the right to be jerks. They can protest homosexuality at soldiers’ funerals, harass women at...