COCAINE BEAR is a joyously peculiar amalgam of carnage, comedy, and horror that respects few rules of cinematic storytelling aside from insuring that (spoiler alert) the dog is okay. It’s an impudent thing that thumbs its nose at convention while seeing to it that, despite broken laws and the slaughter of innocent (and not so… Read More »
Mr. Hatcher Introduces MR. HOLMES
MR. HOLMES is not the first time Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted a work from one medium to another. In this case it was Mitch Cullen’s novel about Sherlock Holmes’ later years, A Slight Trick of the Mind, and we had a lively discussion on April 25, 2015, about the art of what to leave out,… Read More »
Charles Ferguson Exposes the INSIDE JOB
Charles Ferguson is used to being in the literal firing line. His Oscar(tm)-nominated documentary NO END IN SIGHT took him to Iraq. Uncovering the truth behind the financial meltdown of 2008 turned out to be just as challenging. In a conversation recorded on September 21, 2010, he recounted what it was like to confront financiers… Read More »