More psychological than emotional, Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy is a well crafted debate between a man and a woman that’s both fascinating and irritating. Graced with two solid performances by Juliette Binoche and William Shimmel, Tuscany as a backdrop, Kiarostami…
In a career that spanned five decades and roughly 142 films, John Wayne became one of the biggest stars of the silver screen. Released in 1953, Hondo is probably Wayne’s most beloved film not directed by John Ford or Howard…
In an attempt to get her floundering film career back on track, Katherine Heigl took a shot at playing beloved character Stephanie Plum, the heroine of author Janet Evanovich’s long-running series of mysteries. On paper, One for the Money probably…
As one of the most pivotal events in American and World history, there is no shortage of documentaries and films based on World War II. In 2007, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick debuted The War on PBS, a six-part 15-hour…
In 1973, Ganja and Hess from black American playwright, novelist, actor and film director Bill Gunn was chosen as one of ten best American films of the decade at the Cannes Film Festival. However, when the film opened later that…
While not as instantly recognizable as compatriots Fellini, De Sica, Visconti, or Antonioni, director Mario Monicelli was nonetheless influential, considered one of the masters of the Commedia all’Italiana (Comedy Italian style), helmed more than sixty films in a career that…
With cowboys, horses, lassos, and mountains, The Man from Snowy Riveris an Australian western adventure with a little something for everyone. Based on a poem written at the end of the nineteenth century, it tells the story of a brave…
Shot in black and white, and steeped in realism, director Mathieu Kassovitz’s La Haine (“Hate”) is often thought of as France’s answer to Boyz N’ the Hood. Showing gun fights, riots, police brutality, and gang warfare, this sprawling urban drama…
Marking the beginning of the 90’s environmental-based entertainment for children, Fern Gully joins the ranks of hits like Captain Planet and Once Upon a Forest. Fern Gully is a musical, colorful feature film about a community of fairies in the…
“Live in Athens, GA” should be music to the ears of any B-52’s fan: the band, their home town, and a crowd filled with adoring fans. But they’ve been playing live for more than 30 years. Has the band held…