Jay Roach Talks Hemlines, Honesty, and Poking the Bear in BOMBSHELL.
Click here to listen to the interview. When I spoke to Jay Roach on December 6, 2019, I wanted to know why he had been tempted to, as I put … Continue reading
Rian Johnson is A Fanboy
When I spoke to Rian Johnson about KNIVES OUT, his scathingly clever, star-studded whodunit, I couldn’t help but ask about whether or not he was relieved to be involved in … Continue reading
THE CURRENT WAR: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT. Finally.
It’s taken two years for THE CURRENT WAR: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT to finally make it to your local cinema. For more on that, as well as my interview with the director, … Continue reading
Kristen Stewart is the Coolest
Tis the season. Kristen Stewart (pictured with G Allen Johnson, Dennis Harvey, and War Wei) in SF yesterday for the Mill Valley Film Festival screening of Amazon Studios #SEBERG, an incisive, revelatory indictment of fake news, … Continue reading
John DeLorean in Color
John DeLorean, the protean. larger-than-life designer of the eponymous, gull-winged car, lived his life on an epic scale. Telling that story cinematically has been the quest of many a filmmaker, … Continue reading
The Authenticity of Julian Kim and Peter S. Lee
HAPPY CLEANERS, the debut feature film from Julian Kim and Peter S. Lee made its world premiere at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, where it won the Emerging … Continue reading
Getting to the BLOODROOT of the Matter.
An unlikely location, an unconventional business plan, and an unswerving dedication to radical feminist politics. Bloodroot. vegetarian/vegan restaurant and feminist bookstore, surprised everyone when it became success. Part of … Continue reading
Tales of Garcia
It is with great joy that I report on the new Netflix series of Tales of the (premiere June 7, 2019). Bringing the denizens of Barbary Lane into the 21st … Continue reading
AMERICA IN TRANSITION
Revry.tv commemorates National Trans Day of Visibility with an incisive four-part series by André Pérez that examines four very different experiences of being trans in America. The circumstances of each subject, … Continue reading
A GODDESS WHOSE TIME HAS COME
In 1995, a film opened that caused a riot. Critics loathed it. The Golden Raspberry Awards celebrated its over-the-top embrace of camp. And audiences were left wondering what it was … Continue reading
