AN ENCOUNTER WITH SIMONE WEIL

Weil was obviously an unusual human being, one who went on a hunger strike in sympathy with soldiers suffering on the front when she was 6…

Posted on May 15, 2013 in Reviews by

DREAMBODY/EARTHBODY (DVD)

The workshops have clearly opened a door for these people to find levels of reality that are normally closed to us, and they find the experience thrilling and liberating…

Posted on April 21, 2013 in Reviews by

KUBRICK’S CUBE: INTERVIEW WITH “ROOM 237″ FILMMAKER RODNEY ASCHER

AVAILABLE ON CABLE, VOD AND ITUNES! Think Jack Torrance was tormented by inner demons in “The Shining”? Compared to the fixated folks in “Room 237,” he’s as mellow as Mister Rogers on quaaludes…

Posted on March 29, 2013 in Interviews by

BEWARE OF MR. BAKER

If you’re looking for the kind of left-field drum fills that gave other rock docs like “Anvil: The Story of Anvil” and “Last Days Here” particularly unique grooves, “Beware of Mr. Baker” offers nothing new. But for filmic confirmation that Baker was arguably the greatest and most influential skin-slammer of all time, Bulger’s movie delivers in sonic spades…

Posted on March 21, 2013 in Reviews by

DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’: EVERYMAN’S JOURNEY

I would love to have Arnel Pineda as a friend and neighbor. But I’m not as enthusiastic about watching another movie about him, unless it cuts deeper than this one.

Posted on March 19, 2013 in Reviews by

PEAK PERFORMANCE: INTERVIEW WITH CHAD JUKES ON “HIGH GROUND”

PORT TOWNSEND FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! “High Ground” is an emotional metronome of a film, swaying between the horror of combat and the staggering beauty of high-altitude vistas…

Posted on September 22, 2012 in Interviews by

IT TAKES TIME TO SEE

“Trio A” last only 4 and a half minutes, but it is exceedingly complex and dense…

Posted on September 15, 2012 in Reviews by

DAYBREAK: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKERS DON ARGOTT AND DEMIAN FENTON

Via telephone transmission from Pennsylvania to Tacoma, this flourishing filmmaking team explains that despite the miles worn by both their subject and his band, “Last Days Here” prefers to embrace the future and not wallow in the past…

Posted on April 4, 2012 in Interviews by

ICONOCLAST

Say what you will about Rice, but he isn’t boring, and this film proves it…

Posted on February 16, 2012 in Reviews by

HEALING THE FATHER WOUND: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER JUSTIN HUNT

“Absent” director Justin Hunt discusses the Father Wound, Metallica’s James Hetfield, and why “That’s Not Possible” will never fit into his filmmaking vocabulary…

Posted on December 26, 2011 in Interviews by

HELL AND BACK AGAIN

Ultimately, the message of “Hell and Back” is clear. For many soldiers, life on the battlefield carries with it a crucial sense of clarity and mission…

Posted on December 12, 2011 in Reviews by

PARTIAL FRACTION

Shot within a few blocks, this film presents certain people who happened to be present within a certain place at a certain time…

Posted on November 10, 2011 in Reviews by

VIDEOMAPPINGS: AIDA, PALESTINE (DVD)

The mere act of asking to Palestinians to make their own maps, while telling their own stories, is political…

Posted on November 8, 2011 in Reviews by

RETREAT

This seems like a very informal, relaxed version of Buddhism…

Posted on November 4, 2011 in Reviews by

CROOKED BEAUTY

“Being told that I had a ‘mental illness’ was both horrifying, and very conveniently let me off the hook for having responsibility for my life…”

Posted on November 3, 2011 in Reviews by

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