There’s no program I’ve found to be more therapeutic during this exceedingly strange and despairing year than David Lynch and Mark Frost’s “Twin Peaks.” After visiting Mary Reber, the wonderful […]
Dreams have often become practically indiscernible from reality during this quarantined era where our days have blurred together like never before. It’s coincidental yet entirely fitting that filmmaker Jaclyn Bethany’s […]
One of the most joyous moments I’ve had thus far in quarantine was my conversation last month with Halina Dyrschka, the German director whose debut feature, “Beyond the Visible – […]
“I think we’re going to make a quarantine movie here pretty soon,” quipped actor/filmmaker John Fortson at the beginning of our Zoom chat a few days ago. Like all families […]
With the unveiling of Oscar nominations just weeks away, I am offering my annual picks for what I would like to see nominated in each major category. There were so […]
Though my love of cinema still dwarfs my appetite for television, the increasing timidity of Hollywood studios combined with the creative risks undertaken by streaming platforms has caused 2019 to […]
It’s humbling to realize that out of the twenty films I’ve selected as the finest of the year, only a small handful have received a wide theatrical release. Such is […]
When it comes to transgender representation on screens both large and small, 2019 has been a watershed year in many respects. It began with the groundbreaking fifth season of TLC’s […]
One of the best and most enraging documentaries I’ve seen all year is “The Kingmaker,” Lauren Greenfield’s explosive portrait of Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines. Though she […]
Few modern filmmakers understand the essence of Frank Oz’s artistry as innately as Rian Johnson. The most euphoric sequence in Johnson’s sublime 2017 blockbuster, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” occurs […]
