According to director Samuel Maoz, his film, Foxtrot, captures the bleeding soul of Israel. They moments are caught in a dance (a foxtrot if you will) with war, and every generation starts at the same point again. Whether it’s the…
Australia’s Foreign Film Submission “Tanna” to Turn Heads at 2017 Academy Awards
What would you do if you were to spend over half a year in another country in a town where the people don’t speak your language? Where you would spend those months learning their customs and their stories about their…
Movie Pick of the Week: I Wish (2012)
Seen This Week: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Secret of Kells (2009), People Like Us (2012), I Wish (2012), Oslo, August 31st (2012). There were some Peter Jackson epics, some animated absurdities, some Captain Kirk in romantic comedies…
The Film Canon: Rashomon (1950)
This film was like s stage production. One act, followed by act two, all wrapped up in the climatic third and final act. It reminded of a modern film Closer, which was in fact a movie deriving by a play.…