Author Archives: Juan Matossian

There was a time in which film criticism really mattered. On the 1950’s, It mattered to the point that a bunch of French critics were capable of changing the future of cinema forever. Truffaut, Godard, Rohmer, Chabrol… they all started … Continue reading →

Two months ago, Chris Dodd, the newly appointed CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), dedicated his first speech since he took his seat to the dangers of online movie piracy, according to Jennifer Martinez of politico.com. Dodd … Continue reading →

On 2006, Sean P. Means, movie critic for The Salt Lake Tribune, began compiling on his blog a list of colleagues that have lost their jobs in print outlets all over the country. By the time of his last entry, … Continue reading →

If you were a iconic rock musician between the 60s and the 80s, chances are you were photographed at some point of your career by Lynn Goldsmith. From The Beatles, to The Rolling Stones, to Bob Dylan, to Bruce Springsteen, … Continue reading →

New York City’s Apollo Theater made the news in recent years mainly for holding such events as Michael Jackson’s and James Brown’s memorial services, or Obama’s fundraiser in 2007. There’s was a time though when The Apollo was a symbol … Continue reading →

One year after its world premiere at SXSW, the horror-themed magazine Fangoria revealed in an exclusive last week that the controversial movie “A Serbian Film” finally has a U.S. release date: an edited version of the movie will be shown … Continue reading →

He is arguably the most famous writer in history, but still no one’s sure what he really looked like. The Morgan Library and Museum of New York’s new exhibition, “The changing face of William Shakespeare” seeks to answer that question. … Continue reading →