LONG STRANGE TRIP is a glorious four hours dedicated to The Grateful Dead that I watched in one big gulp, and that left me wanting more. So when I spoke with director Amir Bar-Lev on April 14, 2017, my first question was about his reaction when he realized that he would not be constrained by… Read More »
GOLDEN KINGDOM
Brian Perkins’ debut feature, GOLDEN KINGDOM, is a profoundly lyrical film about life, death, and spirituality. Set in a small rural Buddhist monastery in Myanmar, it’s the story of Ko Yin Witazara (Shine Htet Zaw), a boy monk who is put in charge of his three fellow boy monks when their abbot is called away… Read More »
Brian Perkins Takes Us to the GOLDEN KINGDOM
Brian Perkins didn’t go to Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, with the intention of making a film, but when he came across a small Buddhist monastery in the countryside, that changed. When I spoke with Perkins via Skype on June 17, 2016, it’s one of the topics we covered, along with his struggles with the… Read More »
ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED (Erleuchtung garantiert )
Two Germans, lost, homeless and penniless, forced to live by their wits in the urban wilderness of Tokyo makes for an interesting stop along the path to enlightenment in Doris Dorries film ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED. How they got there and what will happen next is nothing so much as a gently comic updating of the old saying,… Read More »