'The Color of Pomegranates' by Sergei Parajanov, is a masterwork by a director of genius who was blacklisted and then served 5 years in a Soviet Gulag in 1973. His films ran contrary to Soviet standards. Parajanov's innovations stand today as a hallmark of vision and experimentation. A maverick ahead of his time, Parajanov's minimalism created visual poetry that was and still is unique to the craft of cinema.
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Emmy-Nominated Film ‘Escape Fire’ and Treating the Whole Person
Increasingly studies confirm that nurturing love, forgiveness, humor, gratitude and other spiritual qualities promote health.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Gone Girl’
Not just one of the year’s best thrillers, but one 2014's best films period.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘The Paranormal Diaries: Clophill’
Keep expectations low and you might find some entertainment.
Read More »New York Film Festival: ‘Heaven Knows What’
"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.
Read More »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.
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