‘Margaret’ offers brilliant riff on human connection; see rare director’s cut...
It’s been almost six years since Kenneth Lonergan was supposed to complete his final cut of his follow-up to his highly acclaimed 2000 debut...
‘Oslo, August 31st:’ a film about those small wasted opportunities of...
At first, Joachim Trier's Oslo, August 31st might feel like an indulgent, meandering film filled with chatty people who cannot stop saying the obvious or...
Noteworthy music releases this Tues.: skip Passion Pit, check out the...
Today marks the release of a pair of thoroughly modern pieces of popular music for the cool kids. Passion Pit's second album, the much-hyped...
‘The Dark Knight Rises:’ an Independent Ethos take on another Hollywood...
You have to admire Christopher Nolan. Count him among those few Hollywood directors alluded to in an earlier post who can prop up a...
‘Beat Hotel’ offers precious snapshot of deceased icons
All the exciting members of the Beat Generation have died, and one can feel it while watching the rudimentary documentary the Beat Hotel. Filmmaker Alan...
‘The Connection’ (1962) explores the agony and ecstasy of men waiting...
Even in today’s “progressive” society, women directors are still considered an anomaly in the world of filmmaking. This brief interview, shot not too long...
An in-depth look at Pink Floyd’s ‘the Wall’ Immersion box set
I first heard Pink Floyd's 1979 double album the Wall sometime in 1984, as a 12-year-old boy. A neighbor at my apartment building loaned...
‘The Amazing Spider-Man:’ an Independent Ethos take on the Hollywood tent-pole
Hollywood has plucked up creative, foreign and low-budget indie directors and thrown them into big budget films to varying degrees of success. Phillip Noyce,...
‘In the Family:’ most powerful indie drama so far this year
While watching In the Family, one cannot help but notice it as a film designed to highlight the screenwriting and acting. The camera lingers...
‘Moonrise Kingdom’: a different kind of Wes Anderson film
Moonrise Kingdom is not your typical Wes Anderson film. As a long-time fan, I have always thought his films existed in some hyper-real dimension of...