Brendan Walsh?s film Centigrade takes place almost entirely within the confines of an SUV. As a young couple battles for survival, they must deal as much with their personal dynamics as with the problems they face. Naomi (Genesis Rodriguez) and Matt (Vincent Piazza)...
In Minos Nikolakakis?s Entwined, the worlds of science and myth mix together. The story is based on the kinds of folk tales the filmmaker encountered. It reflects a view of the world that has been passed down for generations, but may not seem to fit in our culture of...
Who is Pierre Cardin? That may seem a curious question given that his name is recognized all over the world. But it is the question that begins the documentary from P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes, House of Cardin. The question is answered from a variety of...
The greatest art fraud of the twentieth century is examined in Driven to Abstraction, a documentary by Daria Price. Over a period of fifteen years, the Knoedler, the oldest and one of the most prestigious art gallery in New York, sold $80 million dollars worth of...
?How do you become who you truly are?? Eva (Itasao Aran, who also co-wrote with director Jon?s Trueba), the protagonist in The August Virgin, is about to turn 33, but is still a bit unsettled and unfocused in her life. We watch day by day as she tries to discover what...
Patrick James Lynch?s documentary Bombardier Blood is the latest documentary to wow us with the barriers that can be overcome in life. The film focuses on Chris Bombardier as he strives to be the first person with hemophilia to climb the Seven Summits?the highest...
Towards the end of Rebuilding Paradise, we see a group of California high schoolers taking up a collection for people in Beauregard, Alabama, where tornados had destroyed the town. Those donating did so out of great empathy, because just one year earlier their town of...
Can 1,100 high school senior boys form an efficient state government? Each summer, the American Legion sponsors week-long camps known as Boys State (as well as separate Girls State) in every state that bring together a wide mix of high school students to learn what...
Life is hard for those on the edge of society. It is often made harder by official indifference of authorities. It is even worse when the authorities feel free to take advantage of such people. Melina Le?n?s film Song Without a Name shows just how such injustice can...