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
A Modest Book Fair Reveals America’s Half-Seen Literary Renaissance
A stroll down the main street of Hudson, New York, prompts prize-winning poet Djelloul Marbrook to meditate on our culture's values. Here in the midst of this famous antique venue a book fair was also underway.
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
