Dear Mr. Watterson Movie Review
Title: Dear Mr. Watterson: An Exploration of Calvin & Hobbes Director: Joel Allen Schroeder A big-hearted but overly fawning documentary about the impact of the popular newspaper comic strip of…
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Lisa Gay Hamilton has had a successful career spanning stage, film and TV, and played more than her fair share of characters of authority — principals, attorneys and the like,…
Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey Movie Review
Title: Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey Director: Wendy J.N. Lee A well-meaning documentary of environmental compassion, “Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey” details the joint trek across hundreds of miles of…
Cold Turkey Movie Review
Title: Cold Turkey Director: Will Slocombe Starring: Peter Bogdanovich, Sonya Walger, Alicia Witt, Ashton Holmes, Cheryl Hines, Victoria Tennant, Wilson Bethel, Amy Ferguson, Ross Partridge Familial dysfunction on the big…
The Motel Life Movie Review
Title: The Motel Life Directors: Alan Polsky and Gabriel Polsky Starring: Stephen Dorff, Emile Hirsch, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Joshua Leonard American narrative filmmaking, even of the independent variety, by…
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John Sayles has written and directed 18 films, almost all studded with some measure of political, social or class consciousness. Actor and activist Edward James Olmos, meanwhile, has appeared in…
Medora Movie Review
Title: Medora Director: Davy Rothbart and Andrew Cohn A measured but emotionally effective gut-punch lament for the death rattle of small town America as told through the prism of a…
Running From Crazy Movie Review
Title: Running From Crazy Director: Barbara Kopple A terrifically affecting documentary from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple (“Harlan County, USA,” “American Dream”) “Running From Crazy” details the long and frequently…
Big Sur Movie Review
Title: Big Sur Director: Michael Polish Starring: Jean-Marc Barr, Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas, Radha Mitchell, Anthony Edwards, Henry Thomas, Stana Katic, Balthazar Getty, Patrick Fischler An adaptation of American literary…