Reviews of independent cinema
FEBRUARY 16, 2016 One particularly snarky critic has dismissed Tobias Lindholm’s Oscar-nominated “A War” as “one of the four films destined to lose to ‘Son of Saul’” for the…
JANUARY 25, 2016 Being in the height of awards season talk, we’ve been concentrating on discussing the handful of movies that are being nominated or in contention for the…
JANUARY 12, 2016 OK, for those of you living in Los Angeles who know who Jonathan Gold is, bear with me. If you’re not familiar with Gold, this distinguished…
JANUARY 10, 2016 — PALM SPRINGS, CA I could be glib and say that “Eye in the Sky” is the best Helen Mirren film about drone warfare that you’re…
JANUARY 9, 2016 — PALM SPRINGS, CA When I heard that Michael Moore’s latest documentary was titled “Where To Invade Next,” I thought, “Here we go again,” anticipating another…
JANUARY 8, 2015 – PALM SPRINGS, CA If you (or your parents, for that matter) have been in a long-term relationship, you know the shorthand. Marriage is always work…
JANUARY 7, 2016 — PALM SPRINGS, CA If you have kids and were thinking of taking them to see the new stop-motion puppet film “Anomalisa” because you think it…
JANUARY 5, 2016 — PALM SPRINGS, CA In 1973, I was a lowly film-school student at Columbia University, anxious to be taught by one of America’s greatest film critics,…
JANUARY 4, 2016 PALM SPRINGS, CA For the next 10 days, I will be reporting from the 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, which has become a must-stop…
DECEMBER 18, 2015 The Hollywood blacklist remains to this day one of the most shameful eras in American history. So many creative artists were unable to work in the…
