Written by Jenna Belhumeur In The Look of Silence, Oscar-nominated director Joshua Oppenheimer continues his exploration of a chilling society where a genocide in which over one million innocent people perished is merely dismissed as “the past”; Where the stark lack of moral regret coupled with an unwillingness to accept responsibility for actions […]
Written by Megan Scanlon Director Laura Gabbert’s City of Gold is a living, breathing atlas of Los Angeles via the medium of celebrated Pulitzer Prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold. The film explores the role of the critic, and in the context of Gold’s relationship with Los Angeles, what surfaces is his impact […]
Written by Tomás Salazar Cinema buffs and regular moviegoers alike will appreciate Hitchcock/Truffaut, a film that takes the viewer back in time to the ‘60s, when the French film director François Truffaut interviewed Alfred Hitchcock about his work over the span of a week – interviews which led to the famous book Hitchcock/Truffaut. […]
Written by Jenna Belhumeur In Saturday night’s world premiere of The Ties That Bind, a packed house of Bruce Springsteen fans was treated to the latest documentary by Grammy and Emmy winning director Thom Zimny. The film focuses on the making of Springsteen’s iconic “The River” album, and features an intimate interview with […]
Written by Eugene Rosenberg As the essential twentieth-century academic phenomenon in the humanities, Cultural Anthropology has long served as an ideal subject for many dry, “by the numbers” documentaries. Furthermore, when applying much of their focus to the long established and well referenced superstar of the field, Margaret Mead, any documentary on the […]
Written by Jenna Belhumeur Friday night’s screening of Making a Murderer offers a taste of the latest trend in storytelling, investigative journalism as episodic entertainment. From favorites like the 12-episode podcast “Serial” to HBO’s addictive hit “The Jinx,” Making a Murderer is another real and captivating account of a criminal investigation, where audiences […]
Written by Susan Keyloun “It doesn’t take much to rile up the “outrage mob” these days. If you’re a comedian, there might be calls for your shows to be cancelled if someone takes offense at your joke. You might have to kiss your big, new gig good-bye. You could get fired. You could […]
By Tomás Salazar “I wouldn’t have called the film ‘Lucha Mexico’, I would had called it ‘The Shocker’s film.’” This statement was made by no one else but the “1000% Guapo” Shocker, the Luchador and main character of the film Lucha Mexico. While the film follows some of the stars of the Mexican Lucha […]
By Susan Keyloun “Museums are tombs, and it looks like everything is turning into a museum.” – Robert Smithson Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art depicts the explorations of a group of 1960’s & 1970’s artists, considered renegades for their time, who abandoned the confines and limitations of New York museum and gallery space […]
Written by Tomás Salazar Thank You For Your Service shows the most dangerous aspect of the long-term wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: suicide. For every soldier that dies in the field, about 24 veterans commit suicide. Director Tom Donahue interviewed dozens of people, including many veterans and mental health specialists, in more than 50 […]