By: debbie lynn elias Nick and George Clooney opened my eyes as to the horrors of the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan. Former U.S. Marine Captain Brian Steidle, together with filmmakers Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern opened my conscience. What has long been a seemingly “deep dark
By: debbie lynn elias With his latest directorial effort, “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star”, Sam Weisman answers the question posed by his last film, “What’s the Worst That Could Happen?” Sorry to say, but it’s hard to imagine too much that’s worse than sitting through this uneven, contrived big screen
By: debbie lynn elias According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, divergence is defined as moving or extending in different directions from a common point as in drawing apart, or b ecoming or being different in character or form as in differing in opinions, or turning from an intended path or course.
By: debbie lynn elias Already the Audience Award winning feature film at the AFI Film Festival held just two weeks ago at the Arclight Theatre in Hollywood and winner at Cannes for Best Director and Technical Grand Prize for Cinematography, THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY just this week added
By: debbie lynn elias Paris 1968 serves as the backdrop to this latest entry by Bernardo Bertolucci. Two films in one, “The Dreamers” pays homage to both the French film and the American musical while telling the tale of three young cinephiles bound together by their passion for film. American
By: debbie lynn elias Okay filmmakers. Let’s repeat the mantra: “We shall think of new ideas. Remakes of movies and tv series are not a good thing.” And the latest evidence of this is “The Dukes of Hazzard.” Now folks, for those of you that don’t know me, me and
By: debbie lynn elias Leave it to Maria Bello to tackle one of the most challenging and controversial film roles of the year. Always known for her diversity, not to mention gutsy, fearless and often eclectic performances, with DOWNLOADING NANCY, Bello reaches the pinnacle of her thus far seen vast
By: debbie lynn elias Remember when you were a kid and pretended to fly around the house as your favorite super hero? Stronger than any human, making muscles and grimacing faces pretending to have power, broom handles and sticks were laser guns, marbles were exploding little bombs or great for
By: debbie lynn elias As I have noted of late, Eastern Europe is turning out some phenomenal films from phenomenal filmmakers, like Russian director Timur Bekmambetov the man responsible for European box office bonanzas “Nightwatch” and now “Daywatch”, and Hungarian music video/commercial director Attila Szasz who steps into the short
By: debbie lynn elias I have long been a fan of the work of cinematographer Lajos Koltai. From the Oscar winning “Mephisto” to the uproariously funny black comedy “Home for the Holidays” to “Being Julia”, his cinematic work has been as diverse as it is excellent and is always right
