Vinyl review: Beach House – ‘Bloom’
As promised in my earlier album review, an update to my review of Beach House’s new album Bloom, examining the vinyl record release (Support...
‘Elena’ explores moral corruption in Russia through intimate drama
“We’re all bad seeds,” says a character in Elena, a Russian film so focused on moral corruption it feels like a perfectly symmetrical sculpture...
Film Review: ‘Keyhole’ offers journey toward redemption for the dead
Guy Maddin, cinema’s contemporary master surrealist, has returned with another feature that unfolds like a dream while exploring Freudian symptoms of psychic malaise. Though...
Film Review: ‘This Is Not a Film’ highlights Iranian filmmaker’s talents...
It’s a marvel what one learns about filmmaking while watching the anti-film This is Not a Film. In 2010, acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was...
Film Review: ‘Bonsai’ breathes life into art
Chilean director Cristián Jiménez mixes a heartfelt appreciation for literature and young love in the ingeniously crafted Bonsai, capturing how tightly life and art...
Beach House offer most riveting album yet with ‘Bloom’ – out...
Too often, lately, I have heard lush, layered records only to feel dizzy and nauseous by the end. So-called chill wave has often been...
Well-intentioned ‘Detachment,’ struggles with too many perspectives
After bursting on the indie film scene in 1998 with American History X, director Tony Kaye has worked sporadically, to say the least. His next...
Beach House bring the Dream Pop hard and heavy to Miami...
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The National Weather Service had issued urban flood advisories and severe thunderstorm warnings for the night of Beach House’s return to Miami Beach, last...
‘Damsels in Distress:’ Stillman dumbs it down after almost a generation...
In the 15 or so years since Whit Stillman wrote and directed a movie I have either A) grown too old and cynical B) he...
Film Review: ‘Monsieur Lazhar’ tells powerful story by staying grounded
At the Florida premiere screening of Monsieur Lazhar at the Coral Gables Art Cinema, Canada-based director Philippe Falardeau made a rare appearance via Skype....