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Miami-area music figures help pick best albums of 2012
As this year comes to a close, and I spent more time than ever having to watch movies, as a newly inducted member into...
Film Review: ‘Holy Motors’ pays tribute to cinema while exploring its edges
How appropriate that I had dreamt of seeing Holy Motors before I even saw it. I rarely ever dream of movies. Movies are dreams...
‘The Master’ harnesses cinema’s power to maximal effect – a film review
Before I get into the aesthetic beauty of the Master, including the film’s music, cinematography, editing, mise-en-scène and—most of all--- the acting, allow me to...
‘Cosmopolis’ offers indictment of capitalism through an accomplice’s eyes – a film review
With Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg, that one-of-a-kind director who delights in exploring the darkest twists and turns of cinematic language in order to illuminate our shadowiest corners,...
‘The Connection’ (1962) explores the agony and ecstasy of men waiting for a fix
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...
Film Review: ‘This Is Not a Film’ highlights Iranian filmmaker’s talents while under house...
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...
‘Deep Blue Sea’ transcends traditional storytelling to evoke tangles of love
The notion of love is a slippery thing, and the Deep Blue Sea, captures its elusive sensation with a visual patchwork of evocative and...
Eno collaborator/poet Rick Holland corresponds on craft – An Indie Ethos exclusive (Part 1...
A couple of months ago, I sent poet Rick Holland a link to my post sharing my excitement about the results of his participation...
‘Tabloid’ offers brilliant story about storytelling
With Tabloid documentary filmmaker extraordinaire Errol Morris focuses his lens on a 1970s-era beauty queen whose delusions of love made for salacious fodder in...
Fassbinder’s prophetic 1973 sci-fi work ‘World on a Wire’ finally sees theatrical release
A three-hour-plus sci-fi experience, World on a Wire (Welt am Draht), seemed to have existed as mere legend in the filmography of Rainer Werner...