You Were Never Really Here Explores Trauma and the Painful Ties It Binds
This post is a part of our New Voices Section. Written by Garrett Eberhardt. You Were Never Really Here follows Joe (Joaquin Phoenix), a veteran turned contract investigator/killer with a specialty in the tracking of missing girls. After taking…
THE TALE
This post is a part of our New Voices Section. Written by Hannah Hoolihan. I was originally going to see The Tale during my quick trip to Sundance but was unable to attend. I patiently waited to see if…
There’s No Place Like Home: Disobedience (2017)
This post is a part of our New Voices Section. Written by CJ Sheu. Lesbian sexuality on the big screen can be a fraught endeavor. In an art form that has traditionally rendered the male gaze, it takes intentional…
INTERVIEW: Tim Davies, Conductor of LA LA LAND
By Greg Ehrbar Tim Davies doesn’t believe in a narrow focus in music. He can turn with ease from 90-piece orchestras and big bands to rap and hip-hop. As a conductor, arranger and orchestrator, we’ve heard Tim’s work in…
Blu-ray Review: The Light Between Oceans (2016)
By Greg Ehrbar. Michael Fassbender has become especially adept at characters with steely reserve. Whether they’re electronic or human, they are never robotic but they are composed of an alloy that allows the actor to create tense, internalized, restrained…
Soundtrack Review: The Ten Commandments
By Greg Ehrbar As a movie, The Ten Commandments is as big as DeMille could have commanded it to be in 1957. What isn’t as well known is how big a break it was for Oscar-winning composer Elmer Bernstein.…
TV FOR EVERYONE: ‘QUEEN SUGAR’
Three siblings endure and enjoy the paths of their lives as they separate and intersect in this addictive new series created by Ava DuVernay (Selma, Middle of Nowhere). One sister is a high-powered attorney balancing work,…
