At one point during Julie Taymor’s exquisite film, FRIDA, Diego Rivera tells Frida Kahlo that while he can only paint what he sees, she paints from the heart. And so it is as it should be that Taymor’s biopic of Frida’s life is the landscape of Frida’s heart than a straightforward telling of the events… Read More »
Marin, Cheech — THE PERFECT GAME
Cheech Marin’s turn as a priest in THE PERFECT GAME may be counter-intuitive, but this icon of the counter-culture plays it absolutely straight as the strong but unassuming heart and soul of 1957 Monterrey, Mexico. He was equally unassuming when we spoke on April 1, 2010, though the topics included his own memories of the… Read More »