— by BEV QUESTAD — “I’m five years old. My first memory. A light woke me up. This was my father’s first arrest.” Basel, now 28, carries the one weapon he is allowed – a camera. He marches up to the enemy expelling people from family homes, owned since the early 1800s, before th[...]
Archive for December, 2024
Review: Oh, Canada
— by BEV QUESTAD — I thought I would take a break from heavy film watching and enjoy a movie with dashing Richard Gere as lead in “Oh, Canada.” Frying pan into the fire. This film is as complex, studied and deep as they come. Gere is masterful as a dying man, Leonard Fife, who [&hell[...]
Review: Obsessed with Light
— by WILLIAM STERR — Loie Fuller is generally little known in America today. But there was a time, well over 100 years ago, when she was world famous for her dance styling. “Obsessed with Light” tells her story and exposes how much influence this small but unstoppable woman from Chic[...]
Review: The Bibi Files
— by BEV QUESTAD — The siren’s luring call of power and riches blinds her victims into crashing against her jutting rocks. In 2023, before the October Hamas attack, Israeli investigative police tapes incriminating Bibi Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, were secretly handed to Alex G[...]
Review: Armand
— by BEV QUESTAD — “We have to be tolerant of everything now.” “Yeah, we can’t say or do anything.” “There’s a difference between tolerance and irresponsibility.” An incident has occurred, and the school wonders how to handle it. The child’s mother, a rather recent wido[...]
Review: Remembering Gene Wilder
— by BEV QUESTAD — “I didn’t think Jerry Silverman had the right ring to it. I wanted to be … wilder.” So began the career of much-loved Gene Wilder, actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. Ron Frank’s loving tribute to Wilder is executive produced by Wilder’s friends, Leonard[...]
Review: A Case for Love
— by BEV QUESTAD — In the beginning, a lovely woman reports her victimization. At one point, she explains how her skin was coming off because her mother had her repeatedly washing the floor with bleach. Growing up thinking she was supposed to please others, she ended up prostituting, add[...]
Review: Lead and Copper
— by BEV QUESTAD — It took me a long time to get through this one and a half hour movie because I repetitively stopped the film and took down important notes. But it wasn’t until the end that I took in an intake of breath. Then I took two screen shots and rushed them […][...]