by Editor | May 2, 2010 | Reviews
object>Robert Koehler blogs at Film Journey that a terrific debut in the Berlinale Forum is So Sang-min’s amusing “I’m in Trouble!” The influence of the great Korean director Hong Sang-soo becomes a major strength for the comedy, which Koehler says “might be...
by Editor | May 2, 2010 | Film Festival News
Tom Hall blogs at his site The Back Row Manifesto on the move of American film critics, including Festworks programmer Robert Koehler, into film festival programming. He reflects on his view of the realities of programming during an interesting period for film...
by Editor | May 1, 2010 | Reviews
Robert Koehler reviews Joaquin Mora’s “Weekend,” which “begins as a friendly road trip” and becomes a film about “a potential ménage a trois that resists classification as a drama, comedy or dramedy.” Koehler observes that Mora has joined “the growing list of young,...
by Editor | Apr 30, 2010 | Reviews
Robert Koehler asks “who could have anticipated that one of the most effective and expressive environmental films of recent years would be the work of a Gotham theater director who’s never before made a doc?” Nobody, as he discusses in his review of Josh Fox’s...
by Editor | Apr 29, 2010 | Reviews
Laura Poitras’ acclaimed doc “The Oath” shown at the Sundance Film Festival is genuinely fascinating and thoughtful as a complicated portrait of Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard. read review
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