Philippe Falardeau on MONSIEUR LAZHAR
Learning to Heal: Fellag (right) helps a class overcome tragedy in MONSIEUR LAZHAR. An Oscar nominee this year for foreign language film, Philippe Falardeau’s MONSIEUR LAZHAR finds finely-shaded drama...
View ArticleNadine Labaki on WHERE DO WE GO NOW?
Are You Really Going to Leave THESE Girls Behind?: The women of a Lebanese village recruit some unusual allies to stave off a war in WHERE DO WE GO NOW? A comedy about dire consequences, WHERE DO WE GO...
View ArticleTrailer: FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE
I’m planning to have an interview with Anne Émond, director of the fantastic drama, NUIT #1, next week. In the meantime, check out the trailer below for FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE, Julia...
View ArticleBUFFALO GIRLS Opens in New York
Buffalo Girls Had I but world enough and time, I’d be interviewing the director of this fantastic, disturbing documentary about child boxers in Thailand. (Had I the discretionary income, I’d be taking...
View ArticleFred Stoller on FRED & VINNIE
Fred Stoller (right) and Angelo Tsarouchas test the bounds and bonds of friendship in FRED AND VINNIE. Friends are friends, right up to the point they move in with you. Then, they’re less friends and...
View ArticleSponsored Video: Nicolas Cage is Back in New Orleans for STOLEN
Oh, Nic Cage, can you not quit New Orleans? That city is gonna break your heart. Yeah, you’ve found yourself in real-world trouble there, of which we’re too gentlemanly to go into detail. On film, your...
View ArticleWhich Cartoon Lagoon Will Make You Swoon?
Well, this is awkward. Kevin Smith has just put out a show on iTunes called Kevin Smith’s Cartoon Lagoon — judging from the trailer, he’s doing the Ricky Gervais Show thing: taking the audio from his...
View ArticleFernando Trueba & Aida Folch on THE ARTIST AND THE MODEL
Aida Folch and Jean Rochefort explore the creative spirit in THE ARTIST AND THE MODEL. In occupied France, an aging sculptor (Jean Rochefort) strikes a bargain with a young, Spanish runaway (Aida...
View ArticleReview: CHILD’S POSE
Luminiţa Gheorghiu in CHILD’S POSE American movies apply a pretty straightforward technique to devastate an audience: build up the emotion; accelerate the cutting; maybe throw in some shouting; add a...
View ArticleSponsored Video: THE LEGEND OF HERCULES
So while Brett Ratner and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson got their crack at HERCULES this past weekend, Renny Harlin beat ‘em to the punch — and the slash, and the blood-curdling war-cry — at the beginning...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....