Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry follows an artist’s political and ideological struggles with today’s omnipotent Chinese government. Weiwei navigates these battles through his installation art and photography …
Beasts of the Southern Wild
“Beast it!! Beast it!!” are the words chanted by the whimsical group of post-Katrina bayou squatters as six-year-old Hushpuppy breaks open the crab shell and …
To Kill a Mockingbird
Last week I ventured to {Poem88} Gallery in Atlanta’s West Side Arts District for the screening of Robert Mulligan’s classic To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Robin Bernat …
A Dangerous Method
I recently saw an exhibit at Atlanta’s Oglethorpe University featuring art created by patients of 20th century psychoanalyst, Carl Jung. Historically, the therapeutic art led Jung’s …
The Hunger Games – Violence as Spectacle
As a fan of all things “saga,” of course, I read The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Founded on the premise of a dystopian society set …
It Should Happen to You at Atlanta’s High Museum
This past Saturday I ventured up to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta for the “Modern Masters of Film” screening of It Should Happen to …
The Artist
The Artist begins with an intertexual nod to our hero’s predicament. We see a silent film shown in a grand movie house. The scene unfolds as …
My Week with Marilyn: Wait to Rent
Although Michelle Williams impeccably portrays the late, great Marilyn Monroe, there’s no need to rush to the theaters to see this one. It’s a light …
Melancholia
Denmark auteur Lars von Trier’s latest film, Melancholia, begins with a poetic overture filled with images that foreshadow what is to come at the end of …
Queue it up!
Add this to your Netflix queue: King Arthur, 2004. Just popped in this 2004 classic and loved it. Granted I’m in a bit of a Game of …