Michael says: “I really enjoy Nicole Holofcener’s films. Beginning with the brilliant WALKING & TALKING, and LOVELY & AMAZING I find it so delightfully refreshing to see smart films written and directed by a woman, focusing on women, and with
Michael says: “I’m quite disappointed that Amy Berg’s powerful documentary DELIVER US FROM EVIL received such an abbreviated release this year (in Boston anyway) so that most of us didn’t get to see it. In her first feature film, Berg
Bruce says: “The Golden Gate Bridge is a majestic beauty. Filmmaker Eric Steel captures the gorgeous orangey-red structure (it’s not really gold at all) from many angles. As the film begins he familiarizes his audience with all the activities on
Michael says: “Several of us watched Buried Treasure nominee WHISKY the other night, and now that a few days have passed, it has really grown on me. Deadpan humor in the style of Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki, yet with an
Michael says: “There have been many film versions of Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen, but U-CARMEN EKHAYELITSHA must certainly be one of the most vivid, enthralling, and satisfying to date. Director Dornford-May first presented this African Carmen on stage with the
Michael says: “Eschewing the dreamlike mystery of DISTANCE and MABOROSI, and the mystical backdrop of AFTER LIFE, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda grounds his latest film in the harsh realities of modern day. Akira is the protagonist, a pre-teen, the oldest
Bruce says: “Miranda July’s ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW is the delightful film chosen to open the new Independent Film Center in New York on the site of the old Waverly Theater. July’s career has included video and
Chris says: “Home to Hollywood, sprawling metropolis Los Angeles is the most photographed city in the world. Thom Andersen’s equally sprawling, ambitious documentary uses this little factoid as a jumping off point to explore not only how filmmakers have portrayed
Michael says: “Agnès Jaoui is a talented actress. She is also a talented director and screenwriter! LOOK AT ME is the sixth film she has co-written with her husband Jean-Pierre Bacri (who also stars in LOOK AT ME) and the
Bruce says: “INNOCENT VOICES gets my vote for the best cinematography in 2005. From the opening scene of the solders’ footsteps in the rain, it is clear this film will be a visual treat. The night scenes, particularly the frightening