The Cove by Louie Psihoyos of Boulder Colorado stands out as an exemplary personal journey tale in what is now a longstanding genre of independent filmmaking. Ric OBarry was a trainer of dolphins, who brought us …

As Donald Rumsfeld liked to say, “There are known unknowns, and unknown unknowns.” Apply that to the secret preparations to invade Iraq -  and to the pieties pronounced for bringing Britain along in that invasion -  …

Years ago, Frank McCourt reflected on his success after his story of oppressive humiliating poverty became virtually eternal bestseller: “I taught for years and nobody paid me a scrap of attention, and then I write a …

You thought Carlsbad was in New Mexico? The original one is in Bohemia, in the Czech Republic, where the spa city once called Karlsbad is now Karlovy Vary. The citys annual film festival ended July 11th. …

Bruno, the gay Alpine protagonist of his own drama, states that his goal is to become “the most famous Austrian since Hitler,” and “the most famous gay Austrian since Schwarzenegger.” Quick – try naming another Austrian. …

At a screening of the Hurt Locker that I paid to attend on the west side of Manhattan, where people tend to deal with war only if the New York Times says its OK, the 1 …

There is a specter haunting Afghanistan – the ghost of Simon Cowell (British talent judge on such wannabe-famous shows as American Idol and Britains Got Talent). But the Afghan version of these on-air talent hours, the …

While out in New Mexico in early June, I heard about an unlikely film being shot there: The Resident, Finnish director Antti Jokinens first feature. Jokinen wrote the  original screenplay — a story about European Jews …

When you are in rainy New York this summer, one of the exhibitions to see is  “Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward.” At the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, through August 23. (Taliesen West, Scottsdale, 1937-59.) Back …

Whatever Works is Woody Allens best film in more than a decade. Echoes of Manhattan, Annie Hall and Broadway Danny Rose will lure back the US fans who deserted Allen in the last decade as the …