The Lens

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 8, 2009 - “Gomorrah,” which opens March 27 at the Tivoli, provides a sobering snapshot of the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 5, 2009 - The annual Telluride Film Festival has become noteworthy over its 35 years for many…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 5, 2009 - The imaginative, mesmerizing "Waltz with Bashir," which is now playing at the Tivoli,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 5, 2009 - The Lens tends to be dominated by posts by Robert Hunt in which he links to other…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 5, 2009 - Because of its powerful dramatization of political subject matter and its…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 5 2009 - "Revanche," an extremely popular film with the Telluride audience, unfolds its…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 2, 2009 - Advertising seems to have been a subtext for my recent posts, with the obituary for…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 2, 2009 - Digging my way out of the DVD pile, one at a time:Released by Criterion a few weeks…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 26, 2009 - The filmography of Howard Zieff, who died recently after a long struggle with…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 24, 2009 - Amid all the weekend award pageantry came the sad news that New Yorker Films ,…