To writer-director Mateo Gil, the western is the essence of the movies. Which is why his film Blackthorn is, in his words, "a very personal statement....
Let us continue our look back at the year in film with a token acknowledgement of eleven good if-not great films that flew by the radar without much acknowledgment from audiences and/or the critical community.
Agora's title names its true core. Agora means "marketplace", but it had a more specific meaning in older Greek: it was the place where people met to discuss ideas.
Even freedom of thought, as Hypatia tragically found out, is sometimes difficult to exercise. Striking a balance between freedom and responsibility is no easy task.
Rachel Weisz opens in Agora today (in limited release) and for those of you in NYC not interested in dealing with the masses at Sex & the City 2 this ...