By: debbie lynn elias Whenever a filmmaker or writer can create characters and develop a dynamic that strikes a chord with comparison to Arthur Miller, it’s relatively safe to say they’ve done something right. Such is the case with AT ANY PRICE. Although not a perfect film, writer/director Ramin Bahrani
By: debbie lynn elias Psychosexual, erotically charged, unsavory, seedy yet visually beautiful and intriguingly conceptual, all describe writer/director Antonio Campos’ SIMON KILLER. With trace elements of noted French crime novelist George Simenon and shades of Patricia Highsmith’s deceptive pathological liar Tom Ripley, Campos, together with co-writer and lead actor, Brady
By: debbie lynn elias TCM. Turner Classic Movies. What began almost 20 years as a “love letter” to the Golden Age of Hollywood has become a driving and thriving force in the global movie zeitgeist. Showcasing “classic films” and bringing them to old and new audiences alike, TCM is a
By: debbie lynn elias If one is able to look beyond the existential tedium so often found with Terrence Malick films, there is often a nuanced or subtle beauty, emotional exploration of the universe or messaging that emerges like a butterfly from a cocoon. It is this type of storytelling
By: debbie lynn elias Always a joy is Dallas Roberts. Be it on screen or off, his passion for his craft comes across loud and clear. In his latest film, the supernatural thriller SHADOW PEOPLE, as talk show radio host Charlie Crowe, Roberts delivers a tour de force performance of
By: debbie lynn elias Helming his ninth film as a director, Robert Redford melds the past and the present with the thriller THE COMPANY YOU KEEP. In a stirring race against time, the radical dissenting past of the 60’s and 70’s catches up with the present. Once again directing himself
By: debbie lynn elias With Derek Cianfrance and Ryan Gosling, the team from Blue Valentine, in the driver’s seat of THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, one would think they’d be crossing the finish line with another win. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. A poetic and noirish film, THE PLACE BEYOND
By: debbie lynn elias Stemming from revenge and under guise of kick-starting a landmark project that will put them on the map, graffiti “artists”, Malcolm and Sofia dream big within the throes of summer boredom. What could be better than tagging the big plastic apple that pops up in Citi
By: debbie lynn elias The guru behind the “Twilight” saga, Stephenie Meyer’s latest novel, THE HOST, comes to the big screen courtesy of writer/director Andrew Niccol. A perfect blend of science fiction, romance, friendship and the best part of humanity, parasitic aliens called “Souls” now reside on earth. Looking like
By: debbie lynn elias Be it for whatever reason, over the past 100 years, there have been more than a few times when a director or cast member have not had a pleasant moviemaking experience together. One of the most famous artistic disputes that blended disputes over poor material with
