Everyone else is watching It’s A Wonderful Life, or Charlie Brown Christmas, and I’m watching a movie about teens who spend every waking moment having sex, doing drugs, and stealing. And every non waking moment passed out between a toilet and a bathtub in a flophouse. I blame Sweetie, who has taken control of my […]
Vitus (2006) Directed by Fredi M. Murer (Winner of Swiss Film Prize for Best Film of 2007) Vitus (played in part by piano virtuoso Teo Gheorghiu) is a child genius whose life is carefully guided along by his loving, but ambitious parents. He chafes under the regimented schedule by sassing his teachers and occasional displays […]
VOLVER – Directed by Pedro Almodovar This Spanish film, with Penelope Cruz, is clever and quirky as it follows two sisters dealing with death and return in their lives. The opening scene sets the tone of the film, showing women working to clean the gravestones in their village cemetery as a fierce wind quickly eradicates […]
Movie Review: La Vie en Rose, Director Olivier Dahan, 2007 La Vie en Rose tells the story of the life of Edith Piaf, born in 1915 into a life of poverty and raised for a portion of her life in a brothel. As a child, she joined her father’s street performance act, and began singing […]