Film Review: Festival of Lights
Director Shundell Prasad’s premiere narrative film Festival of Lights has at its heart an intriguing story that is rich with authentic cultural flavors of the small South American nation of Guyana which makes it all the more unfortunate that it falls short in some of the fundamentals such as acting and editing. The film follows the story of Reshma More...
FILM: In Their Skin
Perfect White Family might be a more appropriate title for director Jeremy Regimbal’s new thriller In Their Skin because the story of obsession and violence takes the idea of identity theft one step beyond films More...
FILM: The Bay
Once you learn what an isopod is in Barry Levinson’s new biological thriller, The Bay, the thrill is pretty much gone. Recapped by Donna (Kether Donohue), the film takes us through the fictional events that took More...
Film: Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
In the history of art there is no one else quite like photographer Gregory Crewdson, whose beautiful and often haunting images of small town America aren’t found, but meticulously constructed in every detail and More...
FILM: Holy Motors
New York Film Festival darling, critic pick and probably the most surreal movie experience I have had in a while is Leos Carax’s Holy Motors, a wild ride about…a wild ride. Carax, who wrote and directed More...
FILM: Silent Hill: Revelation
Found footage seems to be the current horror film fad, so Silent Hill: Revelation is a refreshing break from the pack. This movie isn’t out to make you guess the killer or wade through suspense. Instead it’s More...
FILM: The Loneliest Planet
Written & Directed by Julia Loktev, and starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Hani Furstenberg, and Bidzina Gujabidze. The title of this beautifully shot film refers to the emotional space one finds when estranged from a More...
Screamfest LA Opening Night: The Collection
No, those screams emanating from the heart of LA Live’s Regal Cinemas had nothing to do with Friday night rush hour, and everything to do with the week long Screamfest’s opening night premiere of The Collection. Directed More...
FILM: The Sessions
The Sessions, starring John Hawkes and Helen Hunt A movie centered on physical disabilities, religion, and sex might sound like a tough sell but that’s not the case with Ben Lewin’s film The Sessions More...
FILM: Seven Psychopaths
Here are seven ways to describe Seven Psychopaths: 1) hilarious, 2) dark, 3) meta, 4) twisted, 5) clever, 6) graphic, 7) insane. Still interested? Well, you should be. Writer/director Martin McDonagh returns after More...
