California, a place known for its idealistic landscapes and plethora of tourist destinations. Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego lay in wait every year, welcoming people from all over the world who embark on seeing how the people of these romanticized places live. There are other parts of California as well. Places locals may […]
Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF)
RIFF Film Review: Soul Kitchen
It was a slightly chilly day in Reykavik, Iceland with small bouts of rain and winds that breathe a shock into your system. What better way to spend the day then in a movie theater? Or as I see it, the opposite of what people did during the heatwaves in the United States prior to […]
RIFF Film Review: The Genius and the Boys
Nobel Prize winner. Genius scientist. Valued friend and co-worker. Pedophile. Carleton Gajdusek was regarded as all of the above. The final, that of a pedophile, would occur late in his stellar career after adopting 57 children from the tribes of the South Seas. In the documentary The Genius and the Boys director/screenwriter Bosse Lindquist, from […]
RIFF Film Review: Womb
Director: Benedek Fliegauf 2010 Germany/Hungary/France Occasionally you watch a film where the thought of describing it later to someone feels impossible. Womb appears to be that film for me of 2010. Emerging Master Program, Focus on Benedek Fliegauf. The story is about a woman, Rebecca (Eva Green), and man, Tommy (Matt Smith), who meet as […]