I recently came across director Stanley Kwon’s biopic Center Stage (1991) starring Maggie Chung as an actress I had never heard of before. While this film left much to be desired, partly...
Five years ago, one of the first pieces I wrote for InSessionFilm was my Top 10 favorite Criterion films that I own. Recently, I joined Zita Short and Kristin Battestella to discuss...
Labor unrest is not uncommon in any category of work. It is associated with blue-collar jobs and fights with unions seen on the streets with picket lines that play out in public....
As summer turns into fall, as film festivals begin to push out releasing movies that couldbe considered for Oscar contention, we have more and more newcomers and re-releases from Criterion. There are...
Following the Venice Film Festival, filmgoers and critics will be going to Toronto for the 48th Toronto International Film Festival. For North America, some of the films which are showing in Venice...
As summer turns to autumn, a major batch of films is coming out, and Oscar season is starting to shift gears. The next of the big world film festivals, however, is overshadowed...
Through the first half of the year (I wrote this after June 30), I’ve watched 100+ films of various genres coming from the Criterion Channel, which I always endorse. Every month, there’s...
We are in the middle of a global heat wave where Miami has a heat index of 106 degrees and Montreal, where I recently visited, was under a heat warning of 91...