“One Battle After Another” Evokes Hope
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film stands as one of the best movies of the year. While watching One Battle After Another, I drew parallels to Eddington, Ari Aster’s newest film…
Short Films Focus on Hispanic Heritage
The Cambria Film Festival is sponsoring “Voices Through Time,” a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month on Saturday, September 6, at the Cambria Center for the Arts Theatre and Studio Gallery.…
“Virgin Blacktop” Is a Heartwarming Film
When I was in sixth grade, my friend and I were sitting bored in his garage when we found two old skateboards. I stepped on one, found my balance, and…
Is “Eddington” Satire? Tragedy? Noir?
As Ari Aster’s filmmaking grows bolder, his critical reception grows more divided. Eddington, the writer/director's most ambitious film, is a surreal, sprawling neo-Western set during the chaos of COVID in…
Restored “Ran” Depicts Chaos in Color
“In a mad world only the mad are sane.”—Akira Kurosawa As part of its “Re-Releases” series, the SLO Film Center at the Palm Theatre recently screened Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 Academy…