Have you ever wondered what it’s like inside the mind of a genius? Filmmaker Julian Jones certainly has. His latest work, Inside the Mind of Leonardo attempts to answer that question. The film is a dramatized documentary, starring and narrated by Osc …Read more
The best horror films can usually be read as parables for larger human truths, for example films like The Exorcist, Carrie, Frankenstein and The Descent, all of which rely on genre conventions to detail the frightfulness of recognizable emotional tur …Read more
Homelessness is an obvious problem in New York City. Pedestrians are bombarded with horrific human decay on every corner; no matter which neighborhood, there are rotting, drunken people in years-old sweatpants, sleeping on cardboard and begging for a …Read more
In Virunga, director Orlando von Einsiedel takes us to one of the world’s most beautiful regions, which has sadly become the center of a neverending battle between greedy oil drillers and conservationists. Virunga National Park is home to the world’s …Read more
When making Hermitage Revealed, director Margy Kinmonth had almost unrestricted access to areas of the Hermitage Museum that are a complete mystery to the public, and as such one can imagine both how exciting and stressful the situation must’ve been …Read more
Us, Naked: Trixie & Monkey is a film that lives up to its promises. The feature documentary follows husband and wife burlesque performers Trixie Little and The Evil Hate Monkey over the course of several years as they build their career. As two l …Read more
Michael White is the genius producer behind shows like Sleuth, Oh! Calcutta!, The Rocky Horror Show, A Chorus Line, Two Gentlemen of Verona and films like My Dinner with Andre, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Polyester….and yet his name remain …Read more
Do I Sound Gay is a fascinating foray into the linguistics of “gay intonation” and its cultural implications. After going through a break-up with a long-time boyfriend, director and subject David Thorpe takes a trip to Fire Island and begins to feel …Read more
The Film Society of Lincoln Center will be hosting Telluride’s Mountainfilm for the fifth consecutive year in a weekend (November 21-23 click here for tickets) filled with documentaries about nature, the environment and the culture of the great outdo …Read more
Female inhabitants of Antarctica have a saying that goes, “the odds are good, but the goods are odd.” Odd is one word for living on the very bottom of the planet, in total isolation. Antarctica’s winters are unforgivable and unapologetic, with temper …Read more
