The Central Park FiveBy Robin Menken11/30/20123 Mins Read Ken Burns an co-directors David McMahon and Sarah Burns tell a straight forward story ripped from the headlines of 1989.…
And I On the Opposite ShoreBy Tobe R. Roberts11/04/20128 Mins Read “And I On the Opposite Shore” is a mystery surrounding two Haitian couples, one adrift on a boat out at…
Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus's SEXY BABYBy Robin Menken10/15/20123 Mins Read Documentarians Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus’s ” Sexy Baby”, takes a tough look at the obsession with sexuality fueled by…
Anurag Basu's BARFIBy Robin Menken10/14/20124 Mins Read Anurag Basu’s enchanting love story “Barfi” has been selected as India’s official Oscar submission. Released by Disney India, “Barfi” captures…
Lorraine Levy's "The Other Son"By Robin Menken10/14/20123 Mins Read French writer-director Lorraine Levy’s “The Other Son” aptly uses a trope of classical theatre, two babies switched at birth, to…
Suicide Room – Polish Film Festival LABy CWB News Department10/12/20124 Mins Read Polish writer/director Jan Komasa’s Suicide Room is a dark exploration of emo culture and modern youth culture at large. In…
Courage – Polish Film Festival, LABy CWB News Department10/07/20124 Mins Read We want stories about heroes. We want to see people (usually men) of action who take life by the balls,…
Mulberry ChildBy Robin Menken10/07/20123 Mins Read Susan Morgan Cooper’s “Mulberry Child” is a study of a multi generational family fractured by the Cultural Revolution, based on…
R贸za (Rosa), directed by Wojciech Smarzowski at Polish Film Festival, LA October 9-18By CWB News Department09/17/20126 Mins Read In October 2011, the Polish film Róza (Rosa), directed by Wojciech Smarzowski who has two other award-willing feature films to…
Chicken With Plums, a MUST SEEBy Robin Menken09/02/20126 Mins Read While I enjoyed “Persepolis” with reservations (I preferred the flat black & white graphic style of the book to the…
