The film catches the rhythms and vulnerabilities of real life when two worlds collide.
Music Remembrance: Charlie Watts (1941-2021)
Watts’ relentlessly unembellished drive on dozens of classic songs, from “Satisfaction” and “Shattered” to “Connection,” is what makes them so danceable.
Film Review: “Summertime” — Poetry Collective
Despite the artificiality of Summertime’s premise, director Carlos López Estrada links the film’s episodes together via a kind of seamless magical realism: each moment smoothly leads to the next, each accelerates towards a powerful resolution.
Book Review: “Brut: Writings on Art & Artists” — Proceed with Caution, But Proceed
These are not persuasive essays; rather, they are thought-provoking juxtapositions of facts, observations, and speculations — with a teleology.
Film Interview: RoxFilm’s Lisa Simmons — Embracing Cinematic Independence
“It is wonderful to see the variety, diversity, and the opportunities for Black artists to tell their stories and present themselves in ways that are not ‘traditional.'”
Film Review: “A Quiet Place Part II” — Women Will Be Our Salvation
Survival is the primary motivation, and the film’s unrelenting series of unexpected attacks generate considerable tension.
Concert Film: “P!nk: All I Know So Far” — A Female Performer of Uncommon Power
For fans, this backstage concert documentary is obviously a gift. For others, it will serve as a testament to the power of a woman whose life’s work has made real world impact.
Film Review: “The Killing of Two Lovers” — Lives of Quiet Desperation
We are subtly drawn into the world of director Robert Machoian’s characters and their emotional honesty.
Film Review: Powerful Testimony from Mexico — “I Am No Longer Here” and “Identifying Features”
What do these young Mexican filmmakers want? For us to bear witness.
Film Review: “The White Tiger” — Class Warfare, Indian Style
This is a wicked and entertaining satire on the dizzying class conflicts roiling Indian society, a neo-Marxist story of masters and servants, money and corruption — a Horatio Alger tale with a devilish twist.