Beginners – The Day Dad Came Out
This film has no story to tell, the characters are all too passive to cause any kind of conflict and the endless flashbacks slow down a snail-pace to a near standstill. To say it lacks realism is an understatement and to say it's a drudge is being
Arts Express: Final Reflections on Cannes, The Festival and Beyond
Professor Insdorf has reported from Cannes for over a quarter century, previously co-anchoring with Roger Ebert for Bravo and The Independent Film Channel. Her knowledge and insight about cinema, past and present, is a veritable treasure trove of fi
Bloodworth Movie Review: Hilary Duff Does Deep South Seductress
And in the midst of all this wilderness mayhem, E.F. saunters back into their lives, but is promptly banished to a delapidated trailer down by the river. And with a disgruntled cattle dealer that he ripped off with false promises not far behind in p
Arts Express: Breaking News From Cannes, And A Conversation With Woody Allen
Annette Insdorf is Director Of Film Studies at Columbia University, and the author of Indelible Shadows: Film And The Holocaust, and other books on cinema. Professor Insdorf is an internationally renowned educator, and her works are hailed as the de
The Tree Of Life, With Sean Penn, Movie Review
Sean Penn is Jack O'Brien in The Tree Of Life, but not for very long. A role which is oddly enough both protagonist and virtual cameo, and originally intended for the late Heath Ledger. A child of small town 1950s Texas, Jack is now a brooding big
