The Hunt by Thomas VinterbergBy Robin Menken07/18/20135 Mins Read Thomas Vinterberg’s harrowing drama “The Hunt” (“Jagten”), is one of two must see post-Dogme films currently in theatres Mads Mikkelsen,…
Daisy von Scherler Mayer, latest film SOME GIRL(S)By Robin Menken07/10/20133 Mins Read Director Daisy von Scherler Mayer, the granddaughter of Golden Age screenwriter Edwin Justus Mayer (author of such screwball fancies as…
BIDDER 70By Robin Menken06/28/20134 Mins Read In December 2008, President George W. Bush was winding down his presidency. An illegal, last minute Bureau of Land Management…
Berberian Sound StudioBy CWB News Department06/21/20133 Mins Read Berberian Sound Studio by British writer/director Peter Strickland, is an eerie, atmospheric homage to the Italian giallo films of the…
The Paw ProjectBy Robin Menken04/25/20134 Mins Read THE PAW PROJECT, by filmmaker Dr. Jennifer Conrad, is an important film; where one woman is taking a stand, facing…
In The HouseBy Robin Menken04/21/20133 Mins Read Prolific director Francois Ozon won’t be pinned down by genre. Just consider: a whodunit musical “8 Women”, a paean to…
Bert Stern: Original MadmanBy Robin Menken04/20/20138 Mins Read If all Bert Stern had done was direct “Jazz On A Summers Day”, the best Jazz film ever shot, he…
Violeta Went To HeavenBy Robin Menken04/13/20135 Mins Read Violeta Went To Heaven”, Chile’s official 2012 Oscar Entry, delves into the psychological process of the artist who rediscovered Chile’s…
My Brother The DevilBy Robin Menken04/10/20133 Mins Read Brit Sally El Hosaini’s first feature “My Brother the Devil” mixes, class, race and gender issues in it’s dark coming-of…
Rodney Ascher’s Room 237By CWB News Department04/06/20134 Mins Read “…and I couldn’t understand why I was so attracted to watching a film that I actually didn’t like.” When Stanley…