Ernest Hardy

In heavily outlining the tragedies and injustices that befell the musically gifted older sister of Wolfgang "Amadeus," writer-director René Féret underplays the most interesting elements in this story of Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart. Forced by their father to tour under hellish circumstances, young Wolfgang and Nannerl traverse Europe year-round, performing recitals for aristocrats who often......

"It was an incredible piece of unscripted theater," recalls a talking head in the documentary Wrecked for Life: The Trip & Magic of Trocadero Transfer, one of the films included in UCLA's "Reflections in a Mirrored Ball" program. Although he's speaking about the scene at San Francisco's legendary 1970s disco......

One of the largest film festivals in Los Angeles, Outfest has always served as not only a place to catch up on queer film from around the world but as a space of validation and the community's recognition of itself. Coming fast on the heels of New York's vote to......

Subjected to the joyless bloodletting of academic theorizing and the equally grim process of assembly-line debasement (see: American Idol), pop music often is crushed flat by the very folks who professionally make and talk about it, who generally seem to have little true respect for its complicated simplicity, its capacity......

India has a dark, hidden side," says private investigator Rajesh Ji, subject of documentary The Bengali Detective — who investigates everything from copyright infringement to murder. His point is echoed and sharpened by Sampat Pal Devi, leader of the Gulabi Gang (aka the Pink Gang) and focus of another documentary,......