Guest post by Jon Vickers. My love affair with the sublime films of Japanese master filmmaker Koreeda Hirokazu (Hirokazu Kore-eda) began more than 25 years ago on March 7, 1997, in the small town of Three Oaks, Michigan. Maborosi had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September of 1995 (where it was… Read more »
The 2022 winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s special jury award, Dos Estaciones follows 50-year-old businesswoman María García (a magnetic Teresa Sánchez) as she struggles to keep alive her family’s once-thriving tequila factory. An intimate portrait of the emotional and physical toll a person can experience as they strive to hang onto their business and… Read more »
One of the many things that is fascinating to me about cinema is what happens when artists tell the same story in different ways. I love how they make bold choices when adapting a work of art which causes it to feel original and fresh, while at the same time honoring the qualities which made… Read more »
Full transparency: all Blu-rays reviewed were provided by Peekarama, Vinegar Syndrome, Fun City Editions, and Kino Lorber. We have what I would call a pandering line-up of titles for this half of the month’s Blu-ray reviews. Who’s it pandering to? WHY, ME, OF COURSE. What I mean is that all four films I will… Read more »
Guest post by Dr. Alicia Kozma, Director of IU Cinema. International films are central to the core of the U.S. art house. In the 1950s and 1960s, art house theaters were often the only places you could see international films. Today, it would be rare to find an art house theater worth its salt that… Read more »
Guest post by Sonia Manriquez. Director Rodrigo Reyes was born in Mexico City and grew up in the United States where he attended the University of California San Diego. Reflecting these experiences, his films focus on the lives of Mexicans on both sides of the border. Purgatorio, his previous film, examines the landscapes near the… Read more »
