Bernard Boo
667 articles written by Bernard Boo
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Spectre
Standard, satisfying Bond fare that will please many, surprise none.
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The American Indian Film Festival Celebrates 40 Years
The American Indian Film Festival celebrates its 40th year in the heart of downtown San Francisco, giving voice to the underrepresented Native American filmmaking community.
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Suffragette
A modest, respectful film chronicling the dark days of the early suffragist movement.
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Sarah Gavron and Abi Morgan On Carey Mulligan, ‘Suffragette’
Suffragette, written by Abi Morgan and directed by Sarah Gavron, takes a sobering look at gender inequality through the eyes of the trailblazing suffragettes of early-20th-century Britain. Carey Mulligan stars as Maud, a fictional composite of several women and experiences of...
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‘Experimenter’ Director Michael Almereyda On the Life of Stanley Milgram
Based on the life of Stanley Milgram, Experimenter pokes and prods at the mind as the late social psychologist did in his controversial obedience experiments conducted at Yale in the 1960s. The reality-bending film stars the charismatic Peter Sarsgaard as...
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‘Ghost Town To Havana’ and the Unsung Inner-City Heroes
Lifelong baseball lover Eugene Corr’s inspiring documentary how follows the lives of an inner city youth baseball team in Oakland, Calif. and their coach, Roscoe Bryant. As a way to provide hope and mentorship to the children in his violent neighborhood...
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Truth
On-the-nose drama plagues this otherwise thrilling, eye-opening look into the 2004 '60 Minutes' scandal.
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‘Room’ Director Lenny Abrahamson On Brie Larson, Making Challenging Films
Lenny Abrahamson‘s Room, adapted by Emma Donoghue from her own novel, is an imaginative examination of parent-child dynamics that’s been garnering the Irish director wide praise. Also receiving her share of adulation is Brie Larson, who plays Ma, a single...
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Beasts of No Nation
A stunning, unflinching examination of a child soldier's ascension to manhood.
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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Trailer Drops, Movie Ticket Sites Crash
A bittersweet moment for Star Wars fans.
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MVFF38 Diary Wrap-Up: ‘Suffragette,’ ‘Embrace of the Serpent,’ ‘Princess’
The 38th annual Mill Valley Film Festival was a memorable 10-day celebration indeed. A few excellent films emerged as sure-fire Oscar contenders, like Tom McCarthy’s newsroom slow-burner Spotlight, Cary Joji Fukunaga‘s Netflix powerhouse Beasts of No Nation, László Nemes’ heartstopping Son of Saul, and...
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Cary Joji Fukunaga Talks ‘Beasts of No Nation,’ Idris Elba, the Power of Surreality
Cary Joji Fukunaga has been steadily building an amazing body of work in his young career. His films Sin Nombre and Jane Eyre earned him the admiration of film critics across the world, and True Detective (a series of which he directed...
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Experimenter
Sarsgaard mesmerizes in this playful journey into the mind of an outcast academic.
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MVFF38 Diary Day 7: ‘Beasts of No Nation,’ ‘Room’
A week has passed and I’m still right in the thick of the Mill Valley Film Festival, which so far has been the best I’ve attended to yet. The films have been mostly great and the vibe in Marin...
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Crimson Peak
A not-so-serious haunted mansion story with stunning gothic imagery you won't soon forget.