The American Film Institute has a mission that includes ?to preserve the heritage of the motion picture, to honor the artists and their work and to educate the next generation of storytellers?. A visible part of AFIFest is honoring the heritage and artists of the...
We don?t all get to go to Cannes for what may be considered the most prestigious film festival. I know I don?t make it there. But yesterday at AFIFest ?(presented by Audi), I managed to see three films that all won awards at Cannes this year. And I didn?t have to pay...
?It?s twisted.? That brief line of dialogue defines Paul Verhoeven?s Elle in more ways than one. The plot certainly has very interesting turns along the way, but the convolutions of the personalities are what really make this entertaining and interesting. This is an...
The thirtieth?Edition of AFIFEST Presented by Audi is underway. This festival is a wonderful collection of independent, foreign, and Oscar buzz films playing side by side in the middle of Hollywood. It always strikes me that on the street level of Hollywood Boulevard...
?What you call love is a borderline personality disorder.? In The Love Witch, Elaine (Samantha Robinson) is a witch looking for someone to love her as she believes she should be loved. She relies on spells and potions?which may be somewhat deadly. She has just moved...
As time moves on those who can speak firsthand about historical events dwindle. Behind Bayonets and Barbed Wire is an opportunity to get the remembrances of some American World War II veterans who suffered through horrendous treatment in Japanese prisoner of war...
The Unspoken is making it to theaters and VOD just before Halloween. It is a run-of-the-mill horror film. I?m personally not a fan of the genre, even though I?m aware that many people see spiritual value in many horror films because they deal with a world of unseen...
?We pray that God will find you a friend who will support you and help you along the path.? What does it mean to be homeless, a refugee, and struggling to find a way to righteousness in a strange land? In A Stray Adan (Barkhad Abdirahman) is a young Somali immigrant...
?The Handmaiden takes us on a twisting road of deceptions, double- (even triple-) crosses in a crime drama that straddles worlds. Inspired by a novel set in Victorian England, the story has been transferred to the colonial period in Korea, a time that is tied to the...