Snacking, by its very concept in the US, is something we do as a reward. It’s a time of cramming stuff in our mouths in a moment of celebration (okay, or stress). But when we do it in a movie theater, it’s a critical time of matching the consumption with the, well, visual consumption before [...]
What goes around comes around. Come full circle. Karma. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind. A person’s actions, whether good or bad, will have consequences for that person. Actions create an entire cycle of cause and effect. In case you missed it, I think the theme of this set of films is circles. It seems [...]
Immigration is a hot button for us here in the US, and films that deal with the topic are as old as “talkies” themselves. But the business of refugees in film is less specific, especially in the US where we prefer to call ours “illegal aliens.” But in Europe and elsewhere, refugee films are becoming [...]
Murder has become such a fun game in US films that we forget it is really a painstaking, methodical plod through evidence discovery, and often it has little to do with the dead body itself. In Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Cannes 2011 Grand Prix winner for Best Film and Palme [...]
The thing about short films is they are super concentrated bolts of thought. (You thought I was gonna say that the thing about shorts is they’re short. Heh. That too.) This gathering of projects in SHORTS PROGRAM IV that plays Saturday, October 22, 3:15p.m. at the Screen is no different. The hardest part for me [...]
Okay. Eyes forward. This one is a must see for all LGBT youth, straights of every flavor, and actually, pretty much everyone. It’s a documentary called “Vito”, about the life of gay activist Vito Russo. A man, I am ashamed to say, I knew nothing about before watching this film. Sure, we know about Harvey [...]
Unless you are the President of the United States or someone with a ridiculously disposable income, you are unlikely to have a 3-D theater with a separate room, a balcony, or seating for more than you and a dog in your home. And if you are not the President or an Uber Film Aficionado, then [...]
