Oscars 2024, the Bad and the Beautiful
Click here to watch! Once a year or so, I am invited by the fine human beings at ABC7 News to vent, er, I mean, chat about the Oscars. This … Continue reading
PI at 25
Has it really been a quarter-century since Darren Aronofsky dazzled us with his debut feature film, rife with Kabbalah, higher mathematics, and the consequences of discovering more than can be … Continue reading
Six Films The 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival
For me, one filmmaker sums up what is so great about the Fantasia International Film Festival, and that would be Perry Blackshear. The festival screened his debut feature, THEY LOOK … Continue reading
Harry Dean Stanton was LUCKY
Click here to listen to the interview. Bastille Day was Harry Dean Stanton’s birthday. A wayward actor with as much interest in sitting in his backyard with a smoke and … Continue reading
Thoughts on ELVIS
Baz Luhrmann’s style, his sophisticated visual vocabulary, effortlessly reconciles the subtle and the bombastic.
Travis Taute on Dealing with the Unknown
In INDEMNITY, Travis Taute imagines a world where a fiendish South African cabal has conspired to weaponize Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It’s a clever thriller, rife with twists, turns, and … Continue reading
Vicente Amorim Believes in Justice
YAKUZA PRINCESS is not the first time that filmmaker Vicente Amorim has collaborated with graphic novelist Danilo Beyruth. That was MOTORRAD, a horror film about murderous bikers tracking a group … Continue reading
Mark O’Brien in Righteous Black & White
There are many things I love about Mark O’Brien’s feature film directorial debut, THE RIGHTEOUS, one of the gems I discovered at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. Not the … Continue reading
MASUMI Finds Her Place in the World
There is a reason why the role of Akemi, who is finding her true identity in YAKUZA PRINCESS, resonated with Masumi. When I spoke to the actress/singer on August 23, … Continue reading
Perry Loves the Fantasia International Film Festival
There are many reasons I love the Fantasia International Film Festival, and one of them is the world premiere on 8/18 of When I Consume You. Here’s director Perry Blackshear … Continue reading
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