Julie Bertuccelli’s (Since Otar Left, 2004) The Tree (adapted from Australian writer, Judy Pascoe’s 2002 novel Our Father Who Art in The Tree) is centered…
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Le Quattro Volte
Published April 12, 2011 by Mischa Geracoulis
Literally translated, “The Four Times” (stages may be more accurate in English) is Michelangelo Frammartino’s homage to the Calabria of his heritage and the homeland…
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Leave a CommentEveryday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
Published March 11, 2011 by Mischa Geracoulis
The tightly-made biopic traces the formation, deconstruction, and reconstruction of the Los Angeles band Fishbone. Experimental and exceptional, Everyday Sunshine is a show of raw…
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Leave a CommentFilm Review: “Outside the Law”, a film by Rachid Bouchareb
Published December 14, 2010 by Mischa Geracoulis
Algerian-French filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb has said, “Cinema is a wonderful tool to converse with French society.” And beyond, I would add. As a filmmaker, Bouchareb…
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Leave a CommentFilm Review: Masquerades
Published October 13, 2010 by Mischa Geracoulis
Clustering around the fictitious wedding between young, sweet, and narcoleptic Rym (Sarah Reguieg) and “a certain William Vancooten,” Masquerades lampoons Berber village life in mountainous…
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Leave a CommentFilm Review: Wah Do Dem
Published July 20, 2010 by Mischa Geracoulis
We first meet Max (Sean Bones), the twentysomething, almost hip, Generation Y guy, playing street soccer in his Brooklyn neighborhood— the significance of which is…
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