Aquarius explores our relationship to home and belonging — a film...
“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned” -- Maya...
Shugo Tokumaru transcends the indie rock realm with Japanese-rooted pop
Many a Japanese band or musician has crossed over to Western audiences by banking on traditionally western sensibilities (be it as digestible as standard...
Film Review: ‘Le Week-End’ balances delicate humor with harsh depiction of...
The depiction of love in movies often feels unfulfilling to the older movie-goer or anyone, for that matter, with true experiences in long-term relationships....
Respire: A teenage drama with substance – a film review
An awakening of female sensuality and passion are at the core of Mélanie Laurent’s second film Breathe (Respire). Rather than exploiting the familiar coming of...
Ex Machina looks past AI to examine artificial sexuality — a...
As that other sci-fi movie featuring Domhnall Gleeson and Oscar Isaac looms (ahem, Star Wars VII), there's a small sci-fi suspense film pitting the two actors together over...
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....
Blade Runner 2049 dives thematically deeper than its predecessor — a...
If there is one standout factor that raises Blade Runner 2049 above its predecessor is how well attuned it is to the Philip K....
Reissue of the year: Station to Station (plus exclusive edit for...
As promised, here's a note recognizing the reissue of 2010: EMI's Deluxe vinyl/DVD/CD set of David Bowie's 1976 album Station to Station. Of course,...
Hitchcock/Truffaut transmits the desire of filmmaking for all to fall in...
It can be a tricky proposition: making a film about films. Even trickier is the idea of making a film based on a book...
‘Sleeping Beauty’ offers ominous exploration of the prostitution of the female...
The last film I can remember having left me feeling as puzzled and intrigued as Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty was Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide...