Tagged: Sophia Stein

The documentary which has been short-listed for the Academy Award plays like a feature film that will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.

Mr. Turner from director Mike Leigh is a startlingly original biopic.

I was just in London this past October, and I relished the opportunity to visit The... Read more →

Regarding Susan Sontag with its layered visuals, provocative score, and associative... Read more →

Happy Valley is “a moral parable of our time” that you should make every effort to see.

This is not your Walt Disney or even Pixar variety of animation.

Foxcatcher shines a bright light to expose dark truths in regards to the corruption of the American dream.

The real-life thriller that is the relationship between the son of a top Hamas leader and his Shin Bet handler.

Five of the past six Oscar winners for Best Picture have enjoyed their Bay Area premieres at MVFF.

“It’s like playing with a doll’s house, is all it is. You’ve got to understand the characters and why they are doing what they are doing, and then you build a world around them.”