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HALLELUJAH, LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG — Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine Interview

July 1, 2022 By Leave a Comment

HALLELUJAH, LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG — Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine Interview

Click here to listen to the interview. Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller had been working on HALLELUJAH, LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG for half a decade or so when the pandemic struck. When I spoke with them (with occasional comments from their parrot) on June 17, 2022, my first question to them was how… Read More »

Tagged With: Alan Light, All Things Must Pass, covid, creative process, Dominique Isserman, Don Novello, George Harrison, Karen Armstrong, Kate McKinnon, Larry Sloman, Leonard Cohen, numinous, Ratso Sloman, spirituality

Beth Harrington Follows THE WINDING STREAM

April 22, 2016 By Leave a Comment

Beth Harrington Follows THE WINDING STREAM

One of the first things Beth Harrington did when preparing for her documentary about the Original Carter Family, THE WINDING STREAM, was to sit down with a box set of their recordings in order to immerse herself in their music. When I spoke with her on April 19, 2016, she described the experience, and why… Read More »

Tagged With: A.P. Carter, Anita Carter, Appalachian music, Bear Family Records, Beth Harrington, Carter Family, Carter Family Fold, Carter Scratch, Country Music, Hank Williams, Jeanette Carter, June Carter, Leslie Riddle, Maybelle Carter, music rights, Peer Music, Ralph Peer, roots music, Rosanne Cash, Sarah Carter, spirituality, The Cyclone of Rye Cove

Jeffrey D. Brown & Sushmita Mukherjee Talk How SOLD Changed Their Lives

April 15, 2016 By Leave a Comment

Jeffrey D. Brown & Sushmita Mukherjee Talk How SOLD Changed Their Lives

Director Jeffrey D. Brown and co-star Sushmita Mukherjee wanted to do more than make a film, they wanted to make a difference for the kids like the one depicted in SOLD. That’s why they have partnered with NGOs, and are aiming for more than a run-of-the-mill theatrical release. In that spirit, there are links to several of… Read More »

Tagged With: activism, Assam, book to screen, brothels, Calcutta, child sex trade, Dehli rape case. APNE AAP, economic status of women, Human trafficking, India, modern slavery, Nepal, NGO, Patricia McCormick, re-ensoulment, Ruchira Gupta, Sacred Feminine, Save the Children, sex slaves, spirituality, UN Commission on the Status of Women

The Zen of Conquering MERU

August 24, 2015 By 1 Comment

The Zen of Conquering MERU

Before starting the formal interview with Jimmy Chin, Conrad Anker, and Chai Vasarhelyi about their stunning documentary MERU, on May 4, 2015, I felt compelled to tell them that while I have climbed stairs in my life, I have never, and never will, climb a mountain.  Vasarhelyi, the co-director with her husband, Chin, laughed and… Read More »

Tagged With: anti-Everest, avalanche, Chai Vasarheyli, chiropractor, Conrad Anker, director, documentary, emotional memories, filming at high altitudes, filmmaker, Hinduism, holy site, Jimmy Chin, Josh Ralph, Meru, mountain climbing, mountaineering, Renan Ozturk, Shark’s Fin, soundtrack, spirituality, teamwork

A THOUSAND WORDS

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

A THOUSAND WORDS

There is something almost poignant in the way Eddie Murphy so palpably desires to make a meaningful film about enlightenment. The almost comes from the difference between that aspiration and the painfully ill-conceived follow-through in A THOUSAND WORD. This is not Murphy’’s first attempt to explore the spiritual side of the human experience. There was… Read More »

Tagged With: bodhi tree, book editor, Enlightenment, guru, spirituality

THE GURU

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE GURU

THE GURU is a fluffy confection that mixes the exuberance of Bollywood with measured lunacy of 30s screwball comedies and adds just a dash of “The Joy of Sex” to leaven the mixture with a millennial sensibility. Our hero is Ramu, an Indian dance teacher who was marked as a child by seeing John Travolta… Read More »

Tagged With: mysticism, pornography, review andrea chase, romance, sex, spirituality

CHAC: THE RAIN GOD

October 21, 2014 By 1 Comment

CHAC: THE RAIN GOD

Long unavailable to its legion of fans, CHAC THE RAIN GOD, made by Rolando Klein  and released 1975, has been issued in a superb DVD edition by Milestone. It’s about time. This tale of pilgrimage, ritual and sacrifice in a Maya village in the Mexican wilderness has a magic and a wonder that few films achieve. The story… Read More »

Tagged With: Maya, Milestone, mythology, Popol Vuh, spirituality, underworld, witch

Edward Norton Chisels STONE

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Edward Norton Chisels STONE

Edward Norton is not a man to give a casual answer. When discussing the spiritual journey of the title character of STONE, or his preparations to play the prisoner manipulating his way to parole, he conveys his committment to finding the right voice, literally and figuratively, for Stone. The story is gritty, but the themes… Read More »

Tagged With: drama, Edward Norton, film, Mila Jovavich, movie, narrative, parole, prison, Rober de Niro, spirituality

Roko Belic Wants You to Be HAPPY

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Roko Belic Wants You to Be HAPPY

Roko Belic has been making films about people living their dreams, including the Oscar(tm)-nominated documentary, GENGHIS BLUES. That his latest documentary, HAPPY, should be a look at the profound nature of that state of being is no surprise. When we spoke on June 30, 2011, it was at the fabled Roxie Theater in San Francisco… Read More »

Tagged With: bliss, cinema, director, documentaru. movie, film, GENGHIS BLUES, happiness, HAPPY, joy, neuroscience, Roko Belic, science, serenity, spirituality, surfing

Jimi Mistry & Heather Graham Find THE GURU

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Jimi Mistry & Heather Graham Find  THE GURU

THE GURU was a hit in Europe long before it made its way to the States and that’s a darn shame. Its infectious good humor and playful smarts is something no moviegoer should have to do without a minute longer than necessary. Playful is also the way I’d describe two of its stars, Jimi Mistry… Read More »

Tagged With: bollywood, comedy, compassion, culture shock, Heather Graham, Jimi Mistry, nudity on set, playful, porn film, sex, spirituality

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