EDWARD SCISSORHANDS: Tim Burton’s Timeless Masterpiece
Before he came down here, it never snowed. And afterwards, it did. I don’t think it would be snowing now...
WONDER: Prudent, Sincere & Perspicaciously Polycentric
[Published at Film Inquiry] It would be easy for one to think that Wonder may be a told centered solely from our...
DARKEST HOUR: The Capolavoro Of Gary Oldman’s Nonpareil Career
[Published at Film Inquiry] With Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Anna Karenina, and now Darkest Hour, director Joe Wright has established himself as a master of period...
ENTANGLEMENT: A Wholly Original, Expectation-Subverting Gem
[Published at Film Inquiry] Of all the subjects to center a film around, suicide is one of the more delicate...
Alexa Ortega sings of joy, resilience in holiday show
[Published at the SF Examiner] Alexa Ortega is a renaissance woman. The Los Angeles personal trainer (who has a degree...
Interview With THE PIRATES OF SOMALIA Director & Star, Bryan Buckley & Barkhad Abdi
[Published at Film Inquiry] Oscar nominees Bryan Buckley and Barkhad Abdi of The Pirates Of Somalia are becoming household names in the film industry. Buckley made a name...
THE PIRATES OF SOMALIA: Deftly Jettisons Stereotypes For An Essential Viewing
[Published at Film Inquiry] In most mainstream media and film, there hasn’t been much gray area in the portrayal of...
“I Want To Be A Part Of This. This Is History.” Interview With Hanna Böhman Of FEAR US WOMEN
[Published at Film Inquiry] Fear Us Women follows Hanna Böhman, a Canadian civilian who, at 46, felt she needed a drastic change...
FEAR US WOMEN: Empowering, Sobering, & Entrancingly Spectacular
[Published at Film Inquiry] In Fear Us Women, director David Darg immerses the viewer instantly at a YPJ outpost in Syria. We immediately...