We all are afraid of something in this world, whether that may be losing a loved one, sleeping in the dark, or getting lost in the wilderness. It is the latter that Chicago-based filmmaker Patrick Brooks embraces in his...

Maine -- a state that is best known for its mouthwatering lobster, saccharine maple syrup, picturesque landscapes, and plentiful of moose sightings – has attracted more than its share of nature lovers, writers and...

Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Greer Grammer, an up-and-coming young performer as well as the daughter of Kelsey Grammer, the star of TV’s Frasier. I found her refreshingly open in all her responses, as...

Despite the plethora of amazingly original independent films sparking the interest of film festival-goers worldwide, today’s Hollywood is rife with remakes. From the latest Spiderman, to a new-and-improved Carrie, to...

Against the backdrop of Virunga National Park’s serenity and beauty, a crisis stirs. And as Orlando von Einsiedel’s sprawling documentary Virunga portrays, this threat to Africa’s oldest national park, a UNESCO...

A man is on a blind date in a Finnish harbor-side café, and he can’t stop fidgeting with his coffee cup. His face is contorted in a cross between a smile and a cringe; the woman sitting across from him...

Garrett Bradley's first narrative feature film, Below Dreams, is much like a dream itself, the kind forgotten upon waking but slowly remembered throughout the day in its ability to stealthily seep to the forefront of...

A barren tree, alone in a field, its leafless branches clawing at a gray midwinter sky, dominates the opening shot of Lou Howe’s Gabriel with its barky bulk. The visual speaks perfectly to the film’s dreary...

Twelve-year-old Grace Kaufman has just completed the most awesome month of her young life. I don’t mean “awesome” in tween terms: she didn’t get asked out by that cute boy in math class, attend the school dance...

A dismembered hand, half-buried in a pile of coal, beckons us into the sinister urban sprawl of Diao Yinan’s thrilling crime drama Black Coal, Thin Ice. The limb is one of several body parts cropping up in coal plants...