5/5/08: Recent Hollywood Films about War on Terror Try to Balance Emotion and Intellect
5/5/08: Recent Hollywood Films about War on Terror Try to Balance Emotion and Intellect
3/21/08: Ode to Videotape: “Be Kind Rewind” Celebrates Film as Escapist Fantasy
3/12/08: The 2007 Chizfilm Awards: Better Late than Never
2/29/08: “Sydney White”: Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, It’s Back to College I Go
2/18/08: Enter the World of Shorts through the Magic of YouTube
2/12/08: “Right at Your Door” Reflects Post-9/11 Fears
2/4/08: Can Penance Bring “Atonement” in Best Pic Nominee?
1/1/08: “Clean Freak” Expected to Be Big on Festival Circuit in 2008
11/15/07: Who the Hell Is Alan Berliner?
11/9/07: Four Fun Days of Fantastic Films about Families at the VFF
10/29/07: “Across the Universe” and Back in Time with a Powerful and Emotional Musical
10/24/07: Preview of the Virginia Film Festival and Good News about “American Messiah”
9/27/07: The Manhattan Short Film Festival Brings the World’s Best Shorts to You
9/23/07: Delightful “2 Days in Paris” Strains Precarious Romance
9/16/07: “Seraphim Falls” Lacks Dramatic Substance
8/26/07: “Broken English” Breaks in Too Many Places
7/15/07: Mother Returns for Unfinished Business in Almodóvar’s “Volver”
7/12/07: Piaf Fans Will Be Pleased with “La Vie en Rose” But Unlikely That Others Will
6/18/07: Sophia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette”: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
6/14/07: Verhoeven’s “Black Book” Far More Grey than Black
4/2/07: FFF Midweek Activities from Screenings to Special Events
3/26/07: Excitement and Some Disappointment at the Opening Weekend of the Florida Film Festival
3/12/07: “The Illusionist” Is Movie Magic, Misdirection, and Mystery!
2/24/07: The 2006 Chizfilm Awards Recognize the Best in Contemporary Cinema
2/7/07: “The Proper Care and Feeding of an American Messiah” Proves You Don’t
Need Money to Make a Great Film
1/30/07: The Reality of “Pan’s Labyrinth”
1/2/07: “The History Boys” Are Up for an Education – Are You?
12/19/06: “Copying Beethoven” Is an Ode to Joy
12/12/06: “Bobby” Takes Us Back to 1968 with an Eye on 2006
12/8/06: Can Oscar Buzz Deliver in “For Your Consideration”?
11/27/06: “Stranger Than Fiction”: Not as Strange as One Might Hope
11/10/06: “Art School Confidential”: How Can You Best Mold Great Potential?
11/3/06: As Election Day Approaches, Check Out 1992’s “Bob Roberts”
10/30/06: Finding God at the 2006 Virginia Film Festival
10/24/06: Is “Flags of Our Fathers” Really about the Flags of Their Sons?
10/11/06: “Quinceañera”: Life’s Not Easy When You’re About to Turn 15
10/4/06: Good Reason for the Surrealistic Confusion in “The Science of Sleep”
9/18/06: “Gone with the Wind”: Does it Still Hold Up After 67 Years?
9/11/06: “World Trade Center” and “United 93”: How Appropriate Are They for
Today’s Anniversary?
8/26/06: History Turned Upside-Down in "CSA" Mocumentary
6/18/06: "An Inconvenient Truth" with Al Gore
3/23/06: Eisenhower’s Warning Unheeded in “Why We Fight” Documentary
2/6/06: The 2005 Chizfilm Awards
1/27/06: "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" Finds Its Comedy in American View
of World
1/20/06: “King Kong” Remake Too Long and Clichéd, but Otherwise Great
3/1/04: Is Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" Anti-Semitic?
9/1/01: Keeping the Faith
5/1/01: The Chosen
3/1/01: Talk Radio
9/1/00: The Great Dictator
6/1/00: Crimes and Misdemeanors
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