Posts tagged film

I’ve developed an infatuation with Scandinavian cinema. And Scandinavia in general, actually.  It may be the beauty of their race, the beauty of the landscapes …

With the new Pixar film Brave in theatres now, everybody’s talking about the new “Disney Princess” (technically it’s Pixar). Merida, in the story, is a …

Here are the 5 Greatest Scandinavian Movies… That Will Blow Your Mind My Life As A Dog/ Mitt liv som hund Milk and Mother, Love and …

“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 …

  It was my great pleasure to go to a screening of Chariots of Fire the other day in anticipation of its re-release, ahead of …

Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith and many other great actors have been gathered by the director John Madden to make The Best Exotic Marigold …

In Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson brings us a star-studded, quirky indie flick about teenage runaways.  1965, New England. Orphan scout Sam Shakusky (Jared Gilman) writes a …

Luis Buñuel was one of the most important Spanish film directors of his time, actually of any time you can think of. He was born …

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 …

This winner of last year’s Jury Prize at Cannes is probably the most comprehensive, honest movie about child abuse ever made. Co-written and directed by …