What You Should Be Watching 7/31/15
And let’s start with a bang. That would be MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION, which is everything a terrific popcorn flick should be: sleek, fast, and fun. And, yes, the action … Continue reading
What You Should Be Watching 7/24/15
Let us leave aside the abomination that is PIXELS (why Peter Dinklage, why?). Instead, there are some excellent ways to spend your time and money at the movies this week, … Continue reading
Shalom Theodore Bikel
I was honored, and a little overwhelmed, to be given the opportunity to interview Theodore Bikel at last year’s San Francisco Jewish Film Festival the day after he was awarded that … Continue reading
A Voice in the Night 7/21/15
There are few things i enjoy more than joining the divine Maureen Langan on her KGO Radio show, Hangin’ with Langan to talk movies, the good, the bad and the … Continue reading
What You Should Be Watching, the Independence Day Edition
The Fourth of July is all about fireworks and liberation, and so, sort of, is MAGIC MIKE XXL. Good-natured, sexy, and yet, as I say in my full review (click here), … Continue reading
Little Voice on the Prairie
I was delighted that Jesse Moss’ beautiful documentary, THE OVERNIGHTERS, had become part of the PBS series, POV. Finally a wider audience would be able to see his penetrating look … Continue reading
