
CARS 2
By: debbie lynn elias Let’s just cut to the case. CARS 2 is the Best Picture of the year! It races across the finish line

By: debbie lynn elias Let’s just cut to the case. CARS 2 is the Best Picture of the year! It races across the finish line

By: debbie lynn elias According to my calendar it’s June and that means it’s time once again for the LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL! Now in

By: debbie lynn elias School’s out (or almost out) and what better way to celebrate than to kick off the start of summer vacation than

By: debbie lynn elias What a quirky little delight we have with a little gem from across the pond called SUBMARINE. Filled with cuteness, laugh

By: debbie lynn elias What a fascinating film! Historical (in fact, rooted in the history of writer/director Christina Yao’s own family), interesting and beautiful, EMPIRE

By: debbie lynn elias I love the comedy and talent of Steve Coogan. A comic gem from across the Pond, he can make anything funny.

By: debbie lynn elias and guest critics, Edward Raymond Elias and Tommy Elias This is a first for me. Not only have I never co-written a

By: debbie lynn elias Terrence Malick, much like David Lynch, is a filmmaker one either “gets” or “doesn’t get”, “likes” or “loves” – there is

By: debbie lynn elias Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of…hum. Although energetic, non-stop and fun, at film’s end, ho hum may be the best

By: debbie lynn elias As comes as no surprise, Dances With Films 14th Annual Film Festival is reaping what looks like another fertile crop of

By: debbie lynn elias It takes a lot to flabbergast me in a film and with HESHER, writer/director Spencer Susser has done just that.
By: debbie lynn elias It is always a privilege for me to watch a filmmaker’s progress. One such filmmaker is Joe McClean. I first met