Swiss Oscar-Nominated Director Christian Frei’s new documentary is his well-meaning attempt to investigate the power of love and how to survive once you lose it. With the involvement of Dr Helen Fisher PhD a Biological Anthropologist and Professor at Rutgers (and the author of 5 books on ‘romantic love’) Frei follows three love-lorn people as they … Continue reading
This is a sadly very true tale about how American parents are willingly to shell out some $72000 per year (that’s $10000 more than Harvard’s fees) to have their children forcibly detained by fundamental Christian Evangelists at a ‘camp’ in a remote part of the Dominican Republic to undertake treatment euphemistically called behavior modification. The … Continue reading
When watching Bulgarian filmmaker Svetoslav Draganov’s new documentary about the three Liliev brothers unfold, you can be forgiven in thinking at first that there is possibly more than a touch or irony in the title of his film. The brothers share their surname, but that’s where the similarity ends. Their mother died a few years … Continue reading
As the issue of same-sex marriage fills headlines almost daily since the Supreme Court struck down D.O.M.A. it may seem like gay rights are steam-rolling along. It’s a nice thought but far from the truth in many parts of this country where being gay is still not accepted by the community, and can be the … Continue reading
If you have been on one of the many daily Chicago River cruises that takes you through the heart of the city at any time during the past 14 years the chances are that you have seen Vincent P. Falk. From the start of summer season on Memorial Day until way into October he is … Continue reading