Yung Chang, writer, director and occasional narrator of the fascinating and moving documentary, Up the Yangtze, is a first generation…
Emily S. Mendel
Emily S. Mendel, a writer, and photographer, has been a regular contributor to culturevulture.net since 2006, where she concentrates her reviews on San Francisco theater and art. As a native New Yorker (although now a long-time San Francisco Bay Area resident), Emily grew up loving and studying theater, from Off to On Broadway, as her multi-volume Playbill collection attests. Ending her 30-year law practice has given Ms. Mendel the time to indulge in her love of travel and the arts.
Ben Niles I met with Ben Niles on May 31, 2008 in San Francisco. The following is a shortened transcript…
Dani Levy undertakes a challenging task with My Fuehrer to make an historical comedy out of a Jew’s interactions with…
We Were Exodus is an exciting and inspiring full-length documentary about the travels and travails of the ship “Exodus 47”,…
Starring: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach Written and Directed by: Stefan Ruzowitzky MPAA Rating: Rated R Run…
Crime Fiction, an enthralling crime drama, has a back-story almost as appealing as the movie itself. It’s the first effort…
It’s hard not to enjoy a heartwarming movie, such as Dan in Real Life, in which Dan, a cheerless widower…
Starring: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone, John Hurt Story by: George Lucas and…
It is a treat to watch a movie made for adults instead of the omnipresent teenage fare. Married Life, with…
Sunshine Cleaning (2009) Directed by: Christine Jeffs Screenplay by: Megan Holley Starring: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Jason Spevack,…
When talking about a movie, usually we refer to the characters by their names in the film, although sometimes we…
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2009)� Interview with filmmaker Kevin Rafferty Run Time: 106 minutes http://www.kino.com/harvardbeatsyale/main.swf Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 is…
Directed by Mel Gibson Starring: Dalia Hernandez, Mayra Serbulo, Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Trujillo, Rudy Youngblood Directed by: Mel Gibson…