In Tesoros adventures create the basis for community — A Miami...
Tesoros, the wonderful new film by Director María Novaro, of Danzón fame, already stands as one of the best films this writer has seen this...
Film Review: 'The Great Beauty' earns it's title by looking beyond...
If there’s one thing coming to all celebrities, it’s death. But what could be worse than that for the famous? Irrelevance.
Paolo Sorrentino’s new film,...
Film Review: Misguided ‘Starlet’ fails as wannabe transcendent drama
I can appreciate a lo-fi film as much as the next guy who got into cinema with Werner Herzog and the Dogma years of...
Kubrick’s ‘Fear and Desire’ finally sees official release
It took many years after his death, but director Stanley Kubrick's disowned debut feature has now finally seen official release. Thanks to restoration work by...
Heart of a Dog turns cinema into philosophical poetry on life...
It has been almost 30 years since performance artist/musician Laurie Anderson directed a movie about herself. What a leap in perspective is Heart of...
50 of the best non-grunge alternative ’90s rock albums
The '90s is often associated with grunge music. Sometimes it even overshadows its overarching umbrella genre, "alternative rock." This was a time when this...
IndieEthos podcast, Episode 10: Miami Film Festival GEMS recap; new indie...
Here is our latest podcast for Jolt Radio. In this month’s installment, we look back at the films that played at Miami Film Festival’s...
The Third Murder uses stories to subvert what may be true
With The Third Murder, Japanese writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda turns from his usual examination of family dynamics to something more nebulous. As much as the...
David Bowie’s Space Oddity gets 40th Anniversary vinyl reissue
Since David Bowie is my unequivocal favorite recording artist, I was excited to have received a promo copy of the 40th Anniversary pressing of...
Film Review: ‘Gravity’ harnesses the power of uncut images to thrilling...
Movies like Gravity are the types of films routine visitors to the multiplex live for. Director Alfonso Cuarón's first film in seven years feels fresh...