…by grabbing a handful. KEY OF LIFE is an example of what you get when somebody (in this case, writer/director Kenji Uchida) pulls out ‘hit man’, ‘amnesia’, and ‘must be…
…nominated ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS) reinforces the notion that perhaps women have the touch when it comes to the movement. Granted, OPEN HEARTS’ director, Susanne Bier, bends the dogme rules as…
…manners to come down the pike in months.” Other festival screenings included Rotterdam (in competition) Turin (in competition, Fipresci Award, Special Mention), Atlanta Film Festival (best feature). KITCHEN PARTY was…
…connections to the story. All this effort brought this film to life creating an entertaining and informative, dramatic, yet comedic character study, combined with a biopic of a company and…
Kyle says: “Anyone who dines on Chinese cuisine with any regularity has sampled General Tso’s Chicken. In fact, writer/director Ian Cheney of THE SEARCH FOR GENERAL TSO suggests it is…
The Search for Weng Weng (Australia; 92 min.) directed by: Andrew Leavold starring: Tikoy Aguiluz; Roy Arabejo; Tilman Baumgaertel; Don Gordon Bell; Celso Ad. Castillo; Beth Chai Jason says: “Going…
…about losing some sort of athletic competition to a chef. The chef, Antonio (Edoardo Gabbriellini) stops by later, making an impression on Edo – who wants to open a restaurant…
…sequel, it’s actually more of a companion piece: whereas the first film profiled surviving death squad leaders of Indonesia’s 1965 genocide of over two million Communist citizens by the military-controlled…
…chemistry. I’m particularly taken by Lauren Bacall’s assured and powerful screen presence. Sadly, of the three films I’ve seen, the much lauded KEY LARGO is the soggiest, but still entertaining…
…pasts when communist Poland rush headlong into capitalism in the 90’s. This crass commercialism, symbolized by the cookie cutter mansions in a gated community is disrupted by the arrival of…