Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky is an odd case of a tale, at least as it is recounted in this film, that may have been best left as a historical footnote, or better yet a historical rumor which this is. The set up is certainly one that is loaded with promise. The film begins with [...]

Life During Wartime by noted and polemical independent writer/director Todd Solondz is an interesting piece indeed. Its synopsis describes it quite astutely as “Part Sequel/Part Variation” on Happiness, his 1998 film of quite some acclaim. The assessment is quite accurate as this film does manage to stand apart from the previous title as things eventually [...]

The Kids Are All Right is a film for whom success, marginal as it may be, rests entirely on the shoulders of its cast. The film tells the story in a rather tight nucleus focusing on the parents (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore), the kids (Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson) and finally their heretofore unknown [...]

FATHER VS. SON is a romantic comedy that doesn’t bury the lead. The father, Jerry Coletti, played by Paul Wolff (a dead ringer in the right light for Willem Dafoe) is the wise-cracking elder Coletti who’s in the middle of a mid-life crisis that sends him packing to live with his son Grant, played by [...]

If you like dry, acerbic wit with a hint of Aubrey Plaza-like charm, then JESSIE CHRIST should definitely be on your radar. Created by longtime collaborators Kevin Luperchio and Chris Nicoletti, JESSIE CHRIST is shot mostly in the style of a LonelyGirl15 type of web series and follows Jessie, a high school girl who may [...]

LAID OFF combines the stuck-in-a-rut characters of CLERKS with the laissez faire attitudes and humor of OFFICE SPACE. Director John Launchi shows us the adventures of two co-worker friends who are both laid off from their jobs and then decide to live off their ample severance packages for the Summer. Pulling off a film in [...]

When your entire career, enforced from childhood, is about photographing people of physical beauty, one wouldn’t think that you would stray from that world. But director Courtney Bent did just that, and took us along for the ride as well with her documentary, co-directed with George Kachadorian, SHOOTING BEAUTY. Courtney and George take us into [...]

Taking sides on any issue involving faith (Catholic or otherwise) is always difficult because there is always some sort of blowback from those on the left or the right who don’t agree with your decision. Sister Jeannine Gramick, while a polarizing figure within her faith, is probably one of the most balanced people shown in [...]

From the director who brought you NEW YORK LATELY brings us his new film, part one of the loneliness trilogy, WHAT’S UP LOVELY. This experimental arthouse film calls to mind the works of Stanley Kubrick or Terry Gilliam with it’s wild cinematography and fractured narrative.

“Yeardley” is quite possibly one of the most honest looks at today’s modern man and marriage to hit the silver screen. “Yeardley” is raw and unflinching in how it portrays it’s titular character, Jeff Yeardley (played by Jesse Bernstein, someone that I think we should all be on the lookout for in the future). The [...]