In 2011, Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the Washington Post outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in New York Times Magazine. Brought to the United States as a 12-year old boy by his grandparents who had legally migrated to the country from the Philippines, Vargas’ story, including his later journey through America…
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The Top Five Movies You Didn’t See This Year
Five films that deserve a second look.
Santa Cruz Film Festival Returns With New Vision
“Let’s simplify this sucker. Let’s make this thing survive.”
Hoffman and Pheonix Score in ‘The Master’
Don’t expect a specific rebuke to L. Ron Hubbard in ‘The Master,’ P. T. Anderson’s bewilderingly exciting new film. South Park and Steven Soderbergh’s 1996 Schizopolis are closer to direct kicking ass and naming names.
Letters to the Editor, April 18-24
Kimberly and Foster Gamble never meant to mislead anyone, according to a team member from the controversial movie ‘Thrive.’ And the pair will respond to concerns about the locally made cult documentary when they have time.
Fathers and Sons: Dano Trumps De Niro in ‘Being Flynn’
Two men, father and son, share the name, Flynn. And as we meet them in Being Flynn, father Jonathan (Robert De Niro) and son Nick (Paul Dano) also appear to share a life trajectory—downhill. Jonathan, a self-styled “great” writer, is already well down the road to ruin, his loser status well in progress, whereas twentysomething Nick’s decline is still a rough draft. Paul Weitz’ script and direction tell a familiar tale: loser father abandons wife (Julianne Moore) and son, goes to prison and disappears, sending letters to son claiming to be finishing up the great American novel.
Jewish Film Fest Kicks Off
The 12th annual Jewish Film Festival kicks off its multi-weekend celebration of culture and tradition from Israel and points beyond. Here are a couple of highlights from the first weekend.
Six of the Worst Sex Scenes in Film History
There’s no need to learn from one’s own romantic mistakes when you can learn from someone else’s instead. Whether absurd, awkward or humiliating, this list of scenes provides a perfect template of what not to do to make Valentine’s Day (or night) a success this year. Let’s all take a miscue from greats like Jason Biggs, Stacy Hamilton, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Oddfellows in Albert Nobbs
After playing the part of a 19th–century British cross–dresser on the stage, Glenn Close worked to bring the tightly crafted character study to the big screen. Watching the poignant, if slight, results, we can understand just how tough it was for her to find financial backing for Albert Nobbs, a tidy period piece starring Close herself in the title role.
