InRealLife (Kidron, 2013)
“The important thing is how it is changing us,” notes Nicholas Carr, a professor and author of The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains...
“The important thing is how it is changing us,” notes Nicholas Carr, a professor and author of The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains...
It's been a good film year for fans of Juliette Binoche.
The film is a work of love for both producers and for West’s family members, all of whom shared in his success as he gained his star and the recognition they felt he deserved.
According to the film, hunger is one of the world's problems that is immanently solvable: ninety-six billion pounds of food goes to waste every year.
We get thirty minutes of commercials before the previews start at the cinema. Would it be too much to ask for a short film every now and then? I know one pretty good one; I'll bet there are others where this came from.
The words "violent" or "gritty" and "prison drama" give me pause when used in the same sentence.
Dream Deceivers stops short of insisting on an explicit connection between Mrs. Vance's religion and her willingness to blame heavy metal music for her family's dysfunction. But only just.
Despite the many second act flaws, the film is not without merit. The opening act is very strong, the four leads dig into their characters with relish, and Arturo Rogriguez composed an effective, atmospheric score.
Levitated Mass is one of those delightful, obscure but unheralded documentaries that always seems to congregate around my the bottom of my list of annual favorites.
Like its protagonist, Wet Behind the Ears is unpolished but still willing to work for our approval. The characters do acknowledge how difficult it is to be (young and) unemployed, but the film doesn't wrap those acknowledgements in a most-put-upon-generation entitlement blanket.