Project Nim Movie Review
Title: Project Nim Directed By: James Marsh Starring: Herbert Terrace, Stephanie LaFarge, Jenny Lee, Laura-Ann Petitto, Joyce Butler, Bill Tynan, Renee Falitz, Bob Ingersoll, James Mahoney Documentaries and narrative films…
Queen of the Sun Movie Review
Title: Queen of the Sun Director: Taggart Siegel The plight of the honeybee may not be first and foremost on the mind of even some of the more dedicated environmentalists…
Position Among the Stars Movie Review - Los Angeles Film Festival
Title: Position Among the Stars Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich A remarkable snapshot of underclass life, love, humor and despair, “Position Among the Stars”, which picked up the Special World Cinema…
Raw Faith Movie Review
Title: Raw Faith Director: Peter Wiedensmith Featuring: Marilyn Sewell Religious faith is often difficult to discuss openly, let alone capture and sensitively address in something like film, owing not only…
Crime After Crime Movie Review - Los Angeles Film Festival
Title: Crime After Crime Director: Yoav Potash Featuring: Deborah Peagler, Nadia Costa, Joshua Safran, others When has justice been served, and a criminal debt paid? When a victim’s family announces…
Interview: Don McGlynn Talks Rejoice and Shout
Some subjects are so big, and span so many decades, that it seems a fool’s mission to tackle them in anything less than the mini-series format. With “Rejoice and Shout”,…
Forks Over Knives Movie Review 2
Title: Forks Over Knives Director: Lee Fulkerson Cast: Neal Barnard, Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., Matthew Lederman ‘Forks Over Knives’, from director Lee Fulkerson, fashions itself a hip, savvy treatise on vegetarianism,…
Sex Crimes Unit Movie Review - Los Angeles Film Festival
Title: Sex Crimes Unit Director: Lisa F. Jackson A recent premiere at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival, as part of its summer showcase, director Lisa F. Jackson’s Sex Crimes…
Interview: Rodman Flender Talks Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
The instincts of the average person, when faced with an occupational dismissal, might be to retreat and lick one’s wounds for a while, or at least enjoy the sort of…