Wars create heroes and Hollywood loves to make movies about them. Typically the heroes are soldiers, not politicians in smoke-filled…
Beverly Berning
Beverly Berning has recently begun her fourth career as a high school teacher of French and Italian, but her love of film remains steadfast. A former film student who aspired to be just like her idols Woody Allen, Erik Rohmer and Charlie Kaufman, she has been writing reviews for Culturevulture since 2006.
Just when we thought the topic of race in America couldn’t possibly get more complicated, along comes Barack Obama to…
This year’s Palme d’Or winner, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, makes it’s U.S. debut at the New York…
The Magic Lantern Goes Out A Tribute to Ingmar Bergman, One of Cinema’s Masters Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman died on…
Most documentaries on composers are dry as dust and predictable. Youget the tragic childhood, the baffled parents, the uncomprehending world….
I’ve Loved You So Long (2008) Il y a longtemps que je t’aime Directed by Philippe Claudel Written by Philippe…
A documentary by Anthony Giacchino official website Father Mike Doyle (front) and Robert Good enter Federal court in Camden, NJ…
Directed by Nadine Labaki Written by Rodney El Haddad, Jihad Hojeily and Nadine Labaki Starring Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Elmasri, Joanna…
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) http://www.thebourneultimatum.com/ Directed by Paul Greengrass Starring Matt Damon, Julia Stiles USA PG-13 111 minutes In 1968,…
Zack Snyder’s "300" is noteworthy because it’s going to be one of the most commercially successful films of the year….
Directed by: Oliver Stone Starring: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Burstyn, Thandie Newton MPAA rating: PG-13…
All in This Tea (2007) A Documentary by Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht USA: 70 minutes http://www.allinthistea.com/index.html Les Blank has…
Written and Directed by Alexander Sokurov Starring Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva Run Time: 92 minutes MPAA Rating: Unrated…