Click here to listen to the interview. I loved the first scenes of Genevieve Adams’ SIMCHAS AND SORROWS so much that I worried what followed would have a hard time living up to it. In it, the heroine, Agnes, during her Catholic schoolgirl days, questions a nun about Jesus’ own religious upbringing, and how best… Read More »
THE LAST DALAI LAMA? — Mickey Lemle Interview
Mickey Lemle made his first documentary about the Dalai Lama in 1991. Entitled COMPASSION IN EXILE, it recounted his discovery as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, his training since childhood to be the spiritual leader of Tibet, and the consequences for him and his country of the Chinese invasion of Tibet, and his… Read More »
Peter Nicks in THE WAITING ROOM
Though the issue of health care is a hot-button political one these days, Peter Nicks had another reason for making THE WAITING ROOM, a film that is already getting awards recognition. The inspiration,though, was not politics, but rather a remarkable African musician. It was Nicks’ wife, a speech pathologist, who told him about the effect that… Read More »
Jimi Mistry & Heather Graham Find THE GURU
THE GURU was a hit in Europe long before it made its way to the States and that’s a darn shame. Its infectious good humor and playful smarts is something no moviegoer should have to do without a minute longer than necessary. Playful is also the way I’d describe two of its stars, Jimi Mistry… Read More »