Philly Film Fest is a Feast

Why travel to film festivals far and wide? Let the film programmers in Philadelphia gather the best of the crop … More

Women of Woodstock Film Festival

The Women of Woodstock This weekend, the Woodstock Film Festival celebrates it’s 22nd year. Last year there were Drive-ins and … More

“Nine Days” for the win

As Autumn approaches, film lovers are looking forward to film festivals and the prestige films that often screen after a … More

A Pig, A Puppet, and A Knight Made of Wood

Surreal times call for surreal films. Three recent films screening in movie theaters are a walk on the surreal side. … More

Cooking up a Tragedy — “Roadrunner”

Morgan Neville directed two documentaries I loved, “20 Feet from Stardom”(2013) and Academy Award-winning, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” (2018). … More

Small Dreams on the Big Screen

I’m not an equestrian or from Wales. I’m not from NYC or Latinx. I’m not even a big fan of … More

Friendship on Film

  Who’s missed their friends? Hands up for most everyone, yes?. Now that mostof us are vaccinated and we can … More

How BEST is different this year

What helped you get your through the Pandemic Lockdown? Did you start off watching “Tiger King”; feeling equal parts incredulous … More

A More Diverse Oscars, 2021

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have taken a long time to bring some diversity to their membership … More

Searching for Home –“Nomadland”

One of the first things I do when moving to a new town is to search for an arthouse cinema. … More