Joshua Openheimer's "The Look of Silence" explores the nearly forgotten Indonesian genocide.
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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.'
Read More »Movie Review: ‘A Walk Among the Tombstones’
They don't make them like this anymore.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Calvary’
Brendan Gleeson dominates this bleakly-humored study of a committed priest who maintains his vigilance even as his church crumbles and his life is threatened by one of his own parishioners.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Honeymoon’
There is blood and sex, enough to get this film an R-rating. But, for the most part, it is not gratuitous; it actually moves the plot along.
Read More »Interview: Genevieve Bailey – Director of ‘I Am Eleven’
Watching these interviews in Genevieve Bailey's thoughtful film, you will recall that time when you were eleven, the age between the dusk of innocence.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘My Old Lady’
Paris, the City of Lights! Kevin Kline, Dame Maggie Smith and Kristin Scott Thomas gather together in Israel Horovitz's funny and poignant 'My Old Lady' which takes place in one of the most beautiful and historic sections of Paris, Le Marais district. Paris is a supporting character in this wonderful film, but the major kudos go to the actors and the director/screenwriter who exact a film that is uplifting, funny yet realistic. It is not to be missed.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘I Am Eleven’
'I Am Eleven' is an uplifting film that reminds us of our own inner goodness and innocence in a time when such reminders are often few and far between. Bailey has shone her spotlight on children's viewpoints around the world who share the same age, 11 years old. She affirms what we need to recognize in times of peace and conflict, that despite cultural differences, we all hope for love, peace and harmony.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ’14 Blades’
Way too much CGI wire stunt work for Yen fans.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Jamie Marks Is Dead’
'Jamie Marks is Dead,' a Sundance Selection, is bound to become a cult classic for its deep, moody, scary, and seductive tale of adolescent confusion carried over into the world of the dead. It is based on the novel 'One for Sorrow' by Christopher Barzak.
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