The Man Nobody Knew Movie Review
Title: The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby Director: Carl Colby Both individually and collectively, Americans may profess a desire for honesty, but the…
Exclusive: Emily Watson Talks Oranges and Sunshine, War Horse
She’s played opposite a wide and diverse range of leading men, from Ralph Fiennes and Daniel Day-Lewis to Geoffrey Rush and Adam Sandler, and is equally at home in wrenching…
Bombay Beach Movie Review
Title: Bombay Beach Director: Alma Har’el A strikingly photographed and well constructed snapshot of American despair, and the winner of the Best Documentary prize at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival,…
Klitschko Movie Review
Title: Klitschko Director: Sebastian Dehnhardt Proving its subjects uncommon thinkers as well as uncommon fighters, the new documentary “Klitschko” is a surprisingly humanizing and informative look at the Ukrainian-born world…
Hell and Back Again Movie Review
Title: Hell and Back Again Director: Danfung Dennis Not to suggest that the two are in any way equivalent, but wading through Afghanistan and Iraq war documentaries, whose prevalence and…
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress Movie Review
Title: El Bulli: Cooking in Progress Director: Gereon Wetzel For the first six months of the year, renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria closes his tiny restaurant elBulli, overlooking Catalonia’s Costa…
Oranges and Sunshine Movie Review
Title: Oranges and Sunshine Director: Jim Loach Starring: Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham “Oranges and Sunshine” is re-affirming evidence that not every remarkable true story a remarkable film makes.…
Exclusive: Jim Loach Talks Oranges and Sunshine, and His Famous Filmmaker Father
For his narrative feature film debut, director Jim Loach chose to tackle a sprawling tale of warped governmental policy, spanning three decades and involving the forced deportation of British kids…
Connected Movie Review
Title: Connected Director: Tiffany Shlain A documentary snapshot of the blurry, ever-evolving intersection of the relationship between technology and human bonds and grander societal development, “Connected” is wonderfully emblematic of…