FILM: One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das, follows Jeffrey Kagel’s journey to India and back. Watching, I was struck by the sincerity of Krishna Das and the raw honesty of his journey. If you want to see what it means to live your passion and work in alignment with your truest self, then Krishna Das’s story is for you. Artists in particular will More...
FILM: Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s
Fashion—some overlook it, others live and die by it. And it is the second statement that is behind the title of the documentary Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf Goodman’s. Yes, some have made such profane statements, More...
FILM: Aftershock
I confess. I’m a sucker for films set in Chile. Maybe it’s because I wrote a book set in Chile. Maybe it’s because I’ve always wanted to go to Chile. That said, I wouldn’t want to be a tourist in Chile More...
FILM: Love Is All You Need
After her latest cancer follow-up appointment, Ida (Trine Dyrholm) comes home to find her husband (Kim Bodnia) in a compromising situation with the much-younger accountant from his work. Ida’s husband is a douche, More...
FILM: The Iceman starring Michael Shannon
Another great acting turn for the always superb Michael Shannon, some stunning intense moments from the ice-blue eyes of Ray Liotta, a truly icky potrayel by Chris Evans and David Schwimmer and Winona Ryder maybe More...
FILM: Trance
A provocative mental rush of disjointed events, Trance, the latest from British chamillion Danny Boyle, revives the role of the femme fatale. Here’s a film that cue’s Hitchcock’s 1945 chart classic More...
FILM: They Die by Dawn
To accompany his debut album, They Die By Dawn & Other Short Stories, scheduled for release on June 4, Jeymes Samuel, or The Bullitts, which he goes by when he’s doing music, has directed a short film complete More...
FILM: Admission
Ah, Admission. I wanted to like this movie. I really did. As a card-carrying member of both the Tina Fey and Paul Rudd Fan Clubs, I have enjoyed so much of their work, particularly Tina Fey’s 30 Rock. While there More...
FILM: K-11
After years in the trenches as a script supervisor, Jules Stewart has capably taken the director’s chair with her tough-minded freshman effort, K-11. Goran Visnjic stars as decadent record producer Raymond Saxx More...
Two Fine Film Experiences at the 2013 Film Festival
Mud stars Matthew McConaughey If you didn’t make it to Park City this year, don’t despair. Several of the coolest projects I had the pleasure to view are coming to you anyway. Viewed as a part of the cutting More...
