Mother and Child showing at the Angelika Film Center @angelikafilmcen

Cannes and Sundance award winner Rodrigo García writes/directs Mother and Child. Marie Claire referred to the film as  “a tough minded yet delicate drama”. The film depicts the lives of three women who have been greatly affected by adoption. Garcia’s casted some of Hollywood’s most leading ladies  to capture the lives of Karen, Elizabeth, and Lucy. To name [...]

A New Definition of Precious

Precious is not an Indy Film. It’s a major motion picture release that has been blessed by Oprah and Tyler Perry, but that’s not why you need to see it. In fact, pretend that you don’t know that they’ve touched it. This film is so raw in honest emotion and dialogue about how broken so [...]

The 2 Most Shocking Movie Previews I’ve Seen in Years: “Antichrist” & “Precious”

ANTICHRIST If you happen to be afraid and somewhat churchy about Halloween and scary movies, you may not want to watch this preview. I’m warning you. My boy, Will Dafoe (I mentioned him in the previous post) stars in this sick yet genius film and I can’t tell if he’s the Antichrist.  Imagine that! This [...]

The Boondocks Saints 2

“Lets Do Some Gratuitous Violence” The Boondock Saints was a thrilling movie upon further inspection. The movie first caught my attention as I mistakenly watched a snippet of a gay detective, played by William Defoe, finesse a crime scene that would bring CSI’s Horatio to tears. With Dafoe’s curt sass, he narrates the criminal psyche [...]

Downtown and a Movie, Sept 18, 2009

A new downtown movie series presented by Downtown Magazine, Saint Arnold Brewing Company and other community partners. Houston Young Professionals for the Arts (HYPA) sponsors this funny film adaption starring Parker Posey. HYPA members will enjoy movie goodies and event is open to the public. About House of Yes Features Parker Posey, Freddie Prinze, Jr., [...]

Skills Like This

So, a couple of weeks ago I went to the Angelika Theater to see Skills Like This with the girls from the BLVD. It was a pleasant surprise to see an Indy film and not have my movie going experience oppressed with sub titles and hidden meanings. In fact, the movie made the premise and [...]

Found Footage Festival, May 9 Alamo Draft House

The Found Footage Festival is a one-of-a-kind event that showcases footage from videos that were found at garage sales and thrift stores and in warehouses and dumpsters throughout the country. Curators Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher host each screening in-person and provide their unique observations and commentary on these found video obscurities. From the curiously-produced [...]

Can Beyonce Pull Off Playing Angela Davis?

Franco-Algerian producer-writer-director Rachid Bouchareb, is setting up a movie on the early life of Angela Davis, a leading figure of the civil rights movement and one-time FBI renegade. Bouchareb, who will produce the movie through his French production company, plans to shoot in summer 2010 with a budget in the region of $20 million-$30 million, [...]

Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the gripping account of a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for Liberia, a nation torn to shreds by a decades old civil war. The women’s historic, yet unsung achievement finds voice in a narrative that intersperses contemporary interviews, archival images, and scenes of present-day [...]

Director Adam Bhala Lough Debuts “The Carter” at the SFF

Lil Wayne: sippin’ on sizzurp at Sundance Director Adam Bhala Lough, whose fiction film Weapons premiered in competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, has unbelievable access to Lil’ Wayne’s public and private lives. He captures remarkably candid moments, such as Lil’ Wayne recounting his first sexual experience, as well as him talking openly about [...]