Steven Soderbergh’s Presence is a unique and unusual ghost story, shot in an innovative way. PLOT: A family moves into a house with a supernatural presence. REVIEW: I’m sure I can be forgiven for rolling my eyes when I heard the logline for Presence. I’ve seen my share of haunted house movies and was wary … Read more
The best of the bunch is the latest from someone who deserves his own chapter in any book about the history of Sundance, the masterful Steven Soderbergh. Thirty-five years ago, Soderbergh brough “sex, lies, and videotape” to Sundance on its way to winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes and forever impacting the independent filmmaking scene. … Read more
It helped Andre Braugher’s sense of gravity that he was a Chicagoan through and through, able to capture both a deep intellectualism and a street-smart savvy that carried life experience in his bones. He was the youngest of four children to two parents who worked tough jobs for a living—a postal worker mom and an … Read more
And you needed access to the cover versions of Richard’s hits by artists like Elvis and Pat Boone. You needed to show the blandness of Pat Boone’s cover of “Tutti Frutti” next to the power of the original. [laughs] As hard as he tries to swing it, I think he’s still waiting for the spirit … Read more
“Cloud Atlas” One of the things I admired most about Roger was that, while he often had his biases around genre (and medium, as his takes on video games can attest), the right film could hit him in a magical, undeniable way. And so it went with Roger’s review of one of the 21st century’s … Read more
My Eyes Into Yours, Painting by Kelly Eddington Afterward, I felt I had to close off my heart to protect myself from hurt and harm. But the opposite turned out to be true. I just needed to take it a day at a time. Each day of grievance was different. Some days were full, like … Read more