Director Ramin Bahrani’s film Man Push Cart about a Pakistani rock star reduced to selling coffee on the streets of New York moved Roger Ebert to call him “the next great American director”. Bahrani followed it with At Any Price, a “farm noir” story of a family of farmers set against the backdrop of genetically
Jared Leto didn’t come out of character for six months while filming his role as The Joker for next year’s Suicide Squad. Will Smith, who plays the character Deadshot in the movie, told DJ Zane Lowe in an interview on Beats 1 Radio that Leto refused to talk to him off-set because he was so focused on
A poignant story of a traditional, peaceful and productive way of live ripped apart by drugs and politicians. Directors Bill and Turner Ross take us into hearts and minds of the people of Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Mexico. Celebrating centuries of living together, dealing with each other, loving and aggravating each other, the
Original cast members of the iconic 1979 cult classic The Warriors have recreated the gang’s subway ride home to Coney Island one last time as part of an event celebrating the movie. Michael Beck (Swan), David Harris (Cochise), Dorsey Wright (Cleon), Terry Michos (Vermin) and Thomas G. Waites (Fox), were filmed by Rolling Stone as they
Emily Blunt is about as far south of a romcom as it gets, transplanted to the U.S. Mexican border – the drugs and crime hotspot of Juarez and El Paso as a drug agent in this tight, visceral and disturbing film. Similar to The Bridge on FX, in that a woman has a prominent law
Hearing the names Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Iggy Pop, and John Frusciante associated with one album is enough to get any rock n roll lover’s ears to perk up. Le Butcherettes have all three of these incredible musicians working on their album, and the album is everything you could hope for. A Raw Youth is the third
No wonder Mom never spoke with her parents. Night Shyamalan unleashes another one on a gleeful public with this psycho-horror movie about a suitably dysfunctional family. Becca and Tyler (Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould) traipse off into rural Pennsylvania to visit Nana and Pop Pop (Deanna Dunagan and Peter McRobbie) on their farm. The grandparents
When thing go wrong at home, they really go wrong. Co-writers/directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala put together a traditional but high quality horror flick in this tale of lethal mother-son conflict. A mostly silent soundtrack lets the great acting and screenplay tell the story. This puts pressure on the actors, especially the young ones,
An expose’ that rises above finger pointing to create a masterpiece of tension and suspense. A multiple prize-winner at the 2014 Locarno Film Festival, Yury Bykov’s movie is a profound tragedy. Opening with a no holds barred look inside a dilapidated Russian state-owned apartment building that houses the poor, the desperate and the despaired in
A light duty and passably entertaining exposition by Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson. Director Isabel Coixet’s meet cute vehicle for Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson turns out to be a compact instead of a full sized car. The screenplay by Sarah Kernochan and Katha Pollitt walks rather than runs through the whirlwind behind the wheel