Not Quite the Joy of Cooking

Written by Alejandro Riera
Thursday, 06 August 2009 09:00
“Julie & Julia” is one lousy “food porn” film. The food is lit flatly, unappetizingly. It lacks sensuality. You can actually watch this film on an empty stomach, whereas films like “Barbette’s Feast,” “Eat Drink Man Woman,” “Big Night” and “Like Water for Chocolate” makes you want to […]

Thursday, August 6, 2009  |  11 Comments  |  Share This

Latino Filmmakers & Producers Wanted - Entertainment Financing and Pitch Track at CHCC Conference

The 30th Annual California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce Annual Convention will feature an Entertainment Financing and pitch track organized by the Access to Entertainment Capital (AEC) Committee that will bring together top entertainment business executives, senators and leaders in the United States to discuss the past, present and future of the Latino entertainment business.
Three filmmakers […]

Sunday, August 2, 2009  |  7 Comments  |  Share This

Make ‘Em Laugh, Make ‘Em Laugh

Written by Alejandro Riera
Thursday, 30 July 2009 12:24
“Funny People” is not only a movie about comedians. It’s a movie about how people can sometimes be funny and I do not mean in a laugh-out loud way. More in the “leaves you befuddled” vein. Because, when all things are considered, the people inhabiting Judd Apatow’s new […]

Saturday, August 1, 2009  |  5 Comments  |  Share This

Dark Days for Harry Potter

Written by Alejandro A. Riera

Tuesday, 14 July 2009 13:25

Welcome back, Steve Kloves. You were sorely missed. You very rarely get the credit you deserve for bringing the Harry Potter novels to life on the big screen. Yes, you were waaaay too literal on the first two films. But you began to spread your wings with […]

Monday, July 27, 2009  |  9 Comments  |  Share This

Lost Mexican Highway

By Juan Data
“I’ve always been interested in the connection of animal spirits and things like that… the afterlife. What happens when you die? Maybe through evolution, somehow, there’re still animal instincts connected to us.” That’s the initial premise behind Ryan Harper’s first feature movie, Circulation, the story of a Mexican woman who suffers a […]

Monday, June 9, 2008  |  1 Comment  |  Share This