I love a good documentary. And a good documentary, like any other film genre, is hard to come by. Last year's heavy-hitters like Blackfish and The Act Of Killing stood out in a pack of less-than-worthy non-fiction pics. This year, Citizenfour snuck up on me. As in, I hadn't heard anything about it ...
Watch This: 10 Film Picks
So this is a first for me: a blog post by request. What's more, a blog post about movies by request. Happy to oblige! I was recently asked to toss together a top ten list of films I'd recommend viewing. That's it. That was the request. No criteria, no specifications. Which is simultaneously ...
Watch This: BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
It happened this week: Blue is the Warmest Color hit Netflix streaming. I've already written how moving I found this film, what a compelling performance Adele Exarchopoulos delivers. No matter. The news that the film is now streaming on Netflix merits mentioning it yet again. The film didn't get ...
Watch This: MISS BALA
In the Fall of 2011, I was in the middle of my run as programmer at the Indy Film Fest, and my curation radar was on high alert. I was seeing more movies than most people see in a decade and no matter how many came my way, I was always looking for the next best one. When I got the opportunity to ...
Watch This: internet video edition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNIUWv9_ZH0 Please, please - watch this video. You can wash dishes or fold the laundry while you do - he just stands at the podium the whole time. But it's not the visuals we're here for, folks. I land somewhere on the voracious end of the "How Much Do You Love ...