As part of my continuing process of brushing up on American Cultural Icons I viewed Katherina Otto-Bernstein’s 2006 documentary on ROBERT WILSON, who is arguably the pre-eminent avant-garde theater director/artist in the world. I shouldn’t have been quite so ignorant of Mr. Wilson as although he is American, most of his work has been in … Continue reading
One can only imagine the fact that filmmaker Werner Herzog is the auteur that he is, played a crucial part in the French Culture Ministry allowing only him this unprecedented exclusive access to make this extraordinary film. ‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams’ is his documentary on some stunning caves in Southern France only discovered as recently … Continue reading
If I had caught sight of the ‘Cocaine Cowboys’ movie before I moved to Miami, I don’t think that I would have ever dared settle here. Billy Corbin’s 2006 Documentary told the true story of the local drug wars in the 1980’s when ruthless Columbian cocaine barons invaded Miami and bought a level of violence … Continue reading
The reason that I sit in a movie theater as often as I do is my eternal hope that every movie I watch will be so near perfect that it will just blow me away. In reality it’s a rarity, but tonight was one such occasion. Watching ‘Bill Cunningham New York’, a wonderful moving and … Continue reading
A fascinating documentary that tracked the rise and fall of the powerful lobbyist Jack Abramoff who at one time was funneling huge funds to help bank roll most of the Republican Party’s key players and a few minor Democrats too. It was ill-gained money that he wrangled out of Indian Tribes and the Government of … Continue reading