Director Simon Curtis Highlights "Woman in Gold"
on Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Woman in Gold, like The Wizard of Oz, is the story of a niece on a quest to regain family property after a storming. It has good and evil conjurers and even a straw man. Yet, contrary to the Kansas reverie, Simon Curtis's new film begins in a ...
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"Merchants of Doubt": An Exchange with Filmmaker Robert Kenner
on Wednesday, March 4, 2015
What do "merchants of doubt" do? The question arises now that Robert Kenner has come out with Merchants of Doubt. Like his Oscar-nominated documentary, Food, Inc., this engrossing new exposé once again sounds a caveat emptor for American ...
Filmmaker Melissa Donovan Salutes Dr. Rick Hodes and "Zemene"
on Tuesday, February 24, 2015
By its title alone, Zemene, Melissa Donovan's captivating documentary says there's something special about its name character. There is. Right away when we meet this Ethiopian 10 year old, her spark and lucidity pull us in.
Zemenwork (Zemene) is ...
"The Ballad of the Weeping Spring": A Conversation with Composer Mark Eliyahu
on Friday, February 20, 2015
Where does The Ballad of the Weeping Spring take place? The question hovers over Benny Toraty's Wild East fable, which may unfold in yesteryear's Levant, or perhaps just in fantasyland. Either way, music stakes out a central space there.
So it's ...
Is Your Head on Right? Interview with NUCCA Chiroprator Dr. Michael D'Avanzo
on Monday, February 9, 2015
You've probably heard of chiropractic, the wellness technique that addresses mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems and their effects on general health. NUCCA -- a form of chiropractic that takes its acronym from the ...
