Night In At The Movies
June 26, 2009
Some guidelines for starting a movie night.
Sarah Hanssen
Sarah Hanssen’s film and video works have shown at festivals and screenings throughout North America and Europe. She received her Masters of Fine Art in film and video at the Massachusetts College of Art. She works as a programmer for the Hamptons International Film Festival and an assistant professor at Pratt Institute. Her most recent accomplishments include the birth of two excellent daughters. She lives in New York City.
Recording Reality:
An Interview with Brent Renaud
May 1, 2009
An interview with award-winning documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud.
Revolutionary Road:
Marred Sophistication, Trapped Dreams
March 6, 2009
One of Mendes’s great successes is the mood he captures, in which we see doom but continue to hope for these characters. Kate Winslet’s April is that fragile balance of strength and whim so rarely achieved without overdoing it. The world around her closes in, and yet she continues to believe that things can change. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Frank for the coward he is; his youthful good looks and charm allow him to coast in a world where people are pleased to accept the easiest answers and deflect personal responsibility.
Morality Suspended in Seven Pounds
February 6, 2009
Seven Pounds: touching, or morally reprehensible?
Moskow, Belgium
December 26, 2008
Moskow, Belgium is the kind of film that appeals to both the hopeless romantics and the sarcastic cynics.
The Fight For Salmon in “Upstream Battle”
November 28, 2008
In a country overrun with Wal*Marts and convenience stores, the idea of living dependent only on the land seems abstract. But director Ben Kempas’s new documentary turns that distant truth into a concrete reality.
Pre-School Mayhem in Nursery University
October 31, 2008
If you thought college applications were grueling, wait until you find out about Manhattan’s most competitive nursery schools.
Thoughts On Watching “Man On Wire”
October 3, 2008
It is a fantastic mixture of confidence and humbleness that allows us to dream of the image of our own bodies suspended in air, confident that anything is possible, humble to the inspiration.
Rethinking What It Means To Be “Made In America”
August 29, 2008
We’d prefer the challenging message masked in metaphor, symbolism, or fiction – but Stacy Peralta’s latest documentary demands that Americans face their own bigoted perspective head on.