Independent Cinema

Disposable is the best word to describe this version of 'Martyrs.'

Are you "upwardly mobile," moving upward from one economic class into another? Or are you constantly facing financial uncertainty?

Five sisters who share mirth, childhood games, and broken dreams are at the heart of 'Mustang'

Would you brave thirty degree below zero temperatures to manifest your destiny?

When Mark is introduced to his cousin from Moscow, the daughter of his uncle's new wife, he is uninterested until Natasha sets the record straight.

Directed by Todd Haynes, Carol is the visual testament of what unbridled and pure love looks like, a smile amid the white noise of the crowd.

How do you punish your enemies so that they really feel it and change?

I inherited a respect for Orson Welles and a love for his work from an uncle who came of age in the 1940s when Orson Welles was one of radio and cinema’s best known actor/directors. When 'Chimes at Midnight' came out, I was busy coming of age and rioting at UCLA. I heard about the film and that Welles considered it his best work, but I missed it. Then, like the mysterious Mr. Welles himself, it disappeared for decades. Now, it’s back.

Can art and film art be used as a tool for civic awareness and self-liberation?

Heroin used to be a drug of the underworld associated with criminal types. Not any more. It is positively main street!