‘My Own Private Idaho’ at 30: Revisiting the seminal arthouse indie through the eyes of a lonely, horny teenager [Retrospective]
To this day, I still feel a close kinship with the disenfranchised, strung-out, narcoleptic gay hustler of Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho. The... Read More
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Udo Kier is the queen of Ohio in the trailer for ‘Swan Song’
Legendary actor Udo Kier stars as retired hairdresser Pat “Mr. Pat” Pitsenbarger, who escapes the confines of his small-town Sandusky, Ohio nursing home after learning... Read More
Interview: Director Todd Stephens and acting legend Udo Kier on ‘Swan Song,’ premiering at SXSW
“Erik, I wish I could see you. Okay, I sent you a picture of myself.” That’s how my Zoom interview with legendary actor Udo Kier... Read More
Trailer: Václav Marhoul’s controversial Holocaust drama ‘The Painted Bird’
One of the most controversial films to come out the 2019 Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals, Václav Marhoul’s The Painted Bird, has an official... Read More
DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with 20 
Pittsburgh Film Critics Association (PFCC) Winners: 9 Wins for ‘Sinners’ 
Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Wins 7 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 134 – ‘Dick Tracy’ (Warren Beatty, 1990)