Ron Wilkinson A fantastic and supremely realistic journey into the underworld of the subway and the nether world of the illegal alien. Emerging Director Sam Fleischner is able to put his dozen-plus lenser creds to good use in this surrealistic yet grounded narrative of a boy lost in the New York subways. Winner of a Special Jury
No history-making drama here, but a sincere journey into solidly founded fears that dog the parents of the new millennium Screened at the 40th Seattle International Film Festival, Craig Johnson directs “Saturday Night Live” alums Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader as estranged twins reuniting after ten years of silence. The film starts off with the
Jimi: All Is by My Side – A powerful look at the crucial years in an artist’s trajectory when the thrill of success begins to yield to the curse of fame Screened at the 40th Seattle International Film Festival, André Benjamin channels Jimi Hendrix in this vibrant indie production, written and directed by John Ridley. As
The reigning king of dark comedies for 2014, “The Double’ picks up where “The Office” leaves off Writer/director Richard Ayoade’s second film follows up his well-received “Submarine” with a gutsy adaptation of Dostoevsky’s redoubtable novel. Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska, the film trots out a remarkable cast of famous actors, even more remarkable for
Great history and plenty of bombs and explosions but lacking the glitz to be a great crime thriller Taking place in the fiery hot summer of 1919, this story unfolds amidst the tense urban strife of the biggest Italian immigration in US history. Between 1880 and 1920, more than 4 million Italians came to America.
Trouble in Boson City but the spunky brainiacs of the Hadron Collider right the ship and identify the illusive link to the beginning of the universe. The first half of this film it is a straight-on exploration of the greatest experiment taking place today, a venture with unfathomable potential for immense success or bottomless failure:
A glimpse into the horrific life of an unlikely statesman chosen to destroy his people. Director Claude Lanzmann’s sweeping documentary of the Holocaust screened at the 2013 New York Film Festival to mixed reviews. The rambling 220 minute saga centered on interviews with, and information provided by, Benjamin Murmelstein. Murmelstein was the last Jewish elder,
A fascinating story of American ballet and one of the greatest ballerinas in the world. Known as “Tanny” to several generations of American ballet insiders, Tanaquille le Clercq lived the perfect life of the ballerina in pre-war America. Married to one of the legends of ballet, George Balanchine, and pursued by another, Jerome Robbins,
Aside from the outrageous format, Nymphomaniac offers several powerful performances and sheds light on a subject that needs it. The buzz about Lars Von Trier’s sex lollapalooza “Nymphomaniac” has preceded the film like a tidal wave. As might be expected, von trier had bigger things in mind when he decided to invite viewers inside the head
A minimalist look at the destruction of the city of Futaba in the wake of the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plants. After a sequence of electrical and mechanical failures stemming from the March 11, 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that smashed into the Fukushima prefecture on Japan’s East coast, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power