AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM is a tired pastiche of the super-hero/sci-fi genre most notable for being a perfect distillation of the phenomenon known as “super-hero fatigue”. Smothered by its been-there, seen-that vibe, it presents little to recommend it beyond Randall Park as both the embodiment of egregious exposition and the voice of reason. He… Read More »
FRANCESCO
Click here to listen to the flashback interview with Evgeny Afineevsky for CRIES FROM SYRIA. FRANCESCO can be classified as a hagiography of Pope Frances. Certainly, what Evgeny Afineevsky shows us of His Holiness is a man of great faith and great, notably ecumenical, compassion. Even when Frances makes a blunder about the sexual abuse… Read More »
THE AERONAUTS — Tom Harper Interview
Click here to listen to the interview. THE AERONAUTS may have a title that evokes a pablum-infused family film, but make no mistake. This is a film rife with suspense and adventure. It’s also a film that contemplates the professional dangers of coming up with a new perspective, and how predicting the weather is about… Read More »
RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE – Quinn Costello Interview
Click here to listen to the interview. The answer, at least ecologically, is never to introduce a larger animal. It’s one of the lessons of RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE, a thoughtful documentary about good intentions, imported rodents, and what happens when the one leads to the other and coastlines start disappearing. The subject is nutria,… Read More »
Briar March Remembers that THERE ONCE WAS AN ISLAND
THERE ONCE WAS AN ISLAND is about more than just climate change. Briar March focuses on the impact that the rising waters has on the population of the island of Taku, and the hard choices they are forced to make when the encroaching water makes life increasingly difficult. When we spoke on March 9, 2012… Read More »
Leila Conners Peterson on THE 11TH HOUR
When I talked with Leila Conners Petersen on August 8, 2007, the thing I most wanted to discuss was how her film, THE 11TH HOUR, >wasn’t< a rehashing of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. Both deal with humankind’s effect on the environment, but Petersen and her filmmaking partners, Nadia Conners and Leonardo DiCaprio, wanted to do more… Read More »