"Heaven Knows What" is not an easy film, but it's important, making us uncomfortable in its unrelenting "in your face" examination addiction's darkness.
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New York Film Festival: Ethan Hawke’s ‘Seymour, An Introduction’
In 'Seymour, An Introduction' Ethan Hawke shows his chops as a first time documentary filmmaker using a surprising subject in a unique and intuitive process. The film is excellent for what and how it reveals a real and human portrait of friend and mentor of Hawke, former concert pianist, teacher, and composer, the incomparable Seymour Bernstein.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘The Calling’ (2014)
A better-than-average thriller starring Susan Sarandon and Ellen Burstyn.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Equalizer’ (2014)
A big ol’ blast of badass that audiences are in dire need of.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Found.’
I highly recommended "Found." for those with strong stomachs.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Motivational Growth’
Motivational Growth could be performed as a stage play, if it wasn’t for that heads-blowing-up thing.
Read More »New York Film Festival: ‘Stray Dog’
Biker, Vietnam vet, Christian, father, friend, neighbor. Ron "Stray Dog" Hall is all of these and much more in Debra Granik's riveting "slice-of-life" documentary about a working class American.
Read More »New York Film Festival: ‘The Look of Silence’
Joshua Openheimer's "The Look of Silence" explores the nearly forgotten Indonesian genocide.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
The Marvel Cinematic Universe experiences major changes in the shield-slinger's latest adventure.
Read More »New York Film Festival: ‘La Sapienza’
How does one break through the emptiness of a life and relationship that has lost meaning? How long must one have to experience the void before there is movement and growth? Sometimes change can happen in the "twinkling of an eye" when one least expects it. It is then that "sapience," wisdom opens the doors of one's heart to receive renewal and forward movement. Such is the experience of Alexandre and Aliénor in 'La Sapienza.'
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