Sundance 2015 documentaries: two worth seeing, two worth taking a bath afterward.
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Rebels, Commanders, and the Force Awakens: What Star Wars Time Period has the Most New-Storyline Potential?
Movie Review: ‘The Price of Following Your Dreams’
'My Way' and 'Kumiko': Two new films that explore the beauty and consequences of following your dreams.
Read More »Sundance 2015: ‘It Follows,’ ‘Reversal,’ ‘The Nightmare,’ and ‘Hellions’
A round up of films from the Park City at Midnight section of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Read More »Chris Kyle and ‘American Sniper’ – The Book, the Movie, and the Philosophy of War
The impression Chris Kyle gives in his book, of being a gun-obsessed, resilient, judgmental war professional, is quite different from his filmic counterpart.
Read More »Movie Review: J.C. Chandor’s ‘A Most Violent Year’ Starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain
Chandor's terrific new film "A Violent Year," is an absorbing character study that recalls the gritty Lumet and Coppola dramas of the 1970s.
Read More »Making ‘The Vineyard’ for the Los Angeles 48 Hour Film Project: Lessons Learned
Filmmaker lessons learned participating in Los Angeles 48-Hour Film Project.
Read More »New York Jewish Film Festival Movie Review: ‘The Dune’
In the film "The Sand Dune" Director Yossi Aviram tantalizes his viewers with just enough information and visual interest to create vitality in a work that completely engages from beginning to end.
Read More »Movie Review: Amos Gitai’s ‘Tsili’ at the New York Jewish Film Festival
In crafting a worthy adaptation of Aharon Appelfield's Tsili, Amos Gitai's attempts are appreciable in translating the novel's power and beauty.
Read More »Blu-ray 3D Review: Laika’s Oscar-Nominated ‘Boxtrolls’
Boxtrolls is the best animated feature you probably didn’t see last year.
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