A Forward By Ernest Kearney — In times of radical events, it is both courageous and proper to take action to address the failures of
By Ernest Kearney — Writer/Director Ken Roht’s hellzapoppin’ vamping musical "Vampire Burt’s Serenade" has a good deal going for it. Burt, a manic Nosferatu,
By Ernest Kearney — "Pretty Dead Girl – A Musical Necromance." There’s a title that holds promise, wouldn’t you say? Written by
by Ernest Kearney — Imagine if Donald Trump was president for life, that all the TV stations were operated by Fox News and that
by Ernest Kearney — Forough Farrokhzad was the subject of Sussan Deyhim’s The House is Black which I recently reviewed at the Wallis Annenberg
by Ernest Kearney — I do have a soft spot for weird sci-fi flicks - The History of Future Folk (2013), John Carpenter’s Dark
Some of the most jaw dropping, chill raising, and yes tear inducing, imagery ever shot makes up BBC America’s prequel to its new natural
"Blue," by filmmaker Charles Huddleston, is not a complex plot. It’s a pretty straightforward morality tale wrapped in the landscape and backwoods mores of
For the most part, Korean cinema has not rung the dong for me. I Saw the Devil (2010) Kim Jee-woon’s brutal and bloody psychological thriller gained,
What does this all mean? A flashy, vulgar celebrity/businessman runs for public office with no prior experience except having run a beauty pageant. His sound
The Algerian War, 1954-1962 is a struggle, all but, forgotten today in the West. For brutality, employment of terrorism, and the pitting of Muslim against
The intended purpose of this monthly column is to bring to the attention of cinema junkies those odd and typically genre defying films which
The Goodwill store outlets are a treasure trove for the adventurous DVD hunter. After extended practice I can breeze through the stacks of offerings like
Take a sneak peak at my experience on the red carpet for the Los Angeles, California movie premiere of The Hunger Games: MockingJay—Part 2. Support
Just two years ago, documentary filmmaker Asif Kapadia began interviewing Amy Winehouse's family, friends and collaborators in a darkened London studio. Because Winehouse had died
Pete Docter began Inside Out with a seedling of an idea, after he noticed the transition that his adolescent daughter Elle was going through.
Once upon a time there was born a brilliant musician. Leon Russell. A Poem Is A Naked Person gets close to touching his flame. This is
Check the trailer for Sense8 from the creative minds of the Wachowskis, Grant Hill and J. Michael Straczynski. Streaming everywhere Netflix June 5.
People are funny. In the way we keep making the same mistakes. Even when we're conscious of our tendency to run with fallacious reasoning, or
"Nothing is so firmly believed as what we know least." Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) In viewing Peter Landesman's Parkland (2013), it is near impossible not to
"If you want to live, come with me – and keep in harmony" Yes, I troll Netflix, the cable channels, and DVDs. I am like the