Flaming Lips’ brilliant take on Dark Side of the Moon
When a masterpiece album has a reputation as deep as Pink Floyd’s the Dark Side of the Moon*, it’s not hard for a band...
Film Review [in 'Miami New Times']: 'Cubamerican' documentary walks a nice...
My latest film review was taken by the "Miami New Times" art and culture blog "Cultist." It's fitting, considering its subject: a group of people key...
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...
Jake Gyllenhaal shines above superficial story in ‘Nightcrawler’ – a film...
A great teaser trailer released a few months back hinted that Nightcrawler would present a character study of a manic man determined to get a job...
Film Review: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives exists in that all too rare world of pure cinema: A place where images and their...
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe is a timely, poetic biopic —...
Stefan Zweig was a famous writer back when that profession could garner so much attention it felt like being a rock star. Stefan Zweig:...
A Final Post and Message
Well, that was an interesting year to take a sabbatical. I saw a total of three movies in theaters, and it wasn’t because of...
Fleet Foxes dump hooks, go for atmosphere on new album
The members of Fleet Foxes have been away from the recording studio a long time since the recording of their breakout self-titled full-length in ...
Overturning Patriarchy in the Post-apocalyptic World: Mad Max: Fury Road –...
Mad Max: Fury Road is a thrilling ride set in a post-apocalyptic world where the main ruler has centralized all resources. The new world...
Soundhunters is a musical journey for everyone – a documentary review
Our lives are made of music. We live in a sonically rich environment that often takes a keen ear to turn it into something...