The 37th annual Telluride Film Festival ran from September 3 - 6, 2010.  Here are reviews of the films that I saw there:

     "Never Let Me Go" is an elegant film about boarding school students who are raised to have their body organs harvested in a series of "donations."  The performances are astonishing and the filmmaking by Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo, the Nine Inch Nails music video Closer) is assured.  The color pal... Read More

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     The 12th annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival was held April 21 - 25.  Here are reviews of the films there.

     "Pink Floyd the Wall" is infused with songs of great potency and resonance.  This feature length music video of sorts stands as a distinguished work of art that conjures feelings of dread, regret, exhilaration, and frustration.  Stretches of the film are dank and disturbing.  Images of youth, the classroom, and a... Read More

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     The 2010 Sundance Film Festival was held January 21 - 31.  I attended the last two days of the Festival and saw four interesting films.  Here are the reviews:

     Cyrus is about a divorced man who strikes up a relationship with a single mom whose adult son is a unique individual.  It is curious to see such skilled actors being put through the paces of such a lugubrious plot.  The actors redeem the material and make the p... Read More

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     Here are reviews of the films that I saw at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day:

     "Life During Wartime" is Todd Solondz's droll and observant companion piece of sorts to "Happiness".  This brilliant film concerns several characters including a single mother named Trish (Alison Janney) who rekindles her love life.  Her first husband has recently been released from prison.  Joy (Shirley Henderson) is haunted by t... Read More

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