A Poet and His Work, In Film
Poetry in film, now there’s a small sub-genre of the movie world. Hayden Reiss‘s long labor of love, Robert Bly: …
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Old School, New School — Detectives in Post-Franco Spain
Marshland (La Isla Minima) by Spanish director Alberto Rodriguez laces a sharply honed policía procesal (sadistic serial killer included) with traces from Spain’s recent fascist …
War in Movies: Small, Tense, and In Your Face
The 38th Mill Valley Film Festival has made a special effort to find and present Spanish language films this year, …
Making the Crossing: Migrants in the Movies
Mediterranea at the Mill Valley Film Festival couldn’t come at a better time. Though several years in the making, and …
Mainlining Movies
October brings the Mill Valley Film Festival to town. Several towns, in fact. And theaters enough to show 170 movies or …
Biutiful: A Film
The annual October Mill Valley Film Festival is upon us once again, promising more great movies than anyone could absorb …