Tweet Fans of filmmaker Danny Boyle’s eclectic movies, from the recent 127 Hours, starring James Franco as a mountain climber pushed to the limit in order to free his right hand from a boulder, to past hits Slumdog Millionaire and…
Author: Steve Ramos
Steve Ramos is a national, award-winning journalist whose advocacy of independent and art cinema has made him one of America's leading critical voices. His work has appeared in numerous publications including Boxoffice, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Movie Jungle.com, New York Magazine.com, Screen Daily and indieWire among others. In 2001, Ramos broke the story of a Cincinnati art-house theater snipping a sex scene from director Wayne Wang's "The Center of the World," which led the theater owner to ban him indefinitely from the theater. Ramos has programmed for film non-profits like 92Y Tribeca in order to bring independent film to larger audiences. He earned a BA in Philosophy from Xavier University and makes his home in Cincinnati, Ohio with his wife and son.
The Morning Feed: Neon Trees Help Launch Bunbury 2012
Tweet Lots of summer music festivals to the North (Pitchfork in Chicago) and the South (Forecastle in Louisville) but alt rock headliners Neon Trees, Death Cab for Cutie and rock veterans like Jane’s Addiction and Guided by Voices (GBV) helped…
The Morning Feed: Cannes 2012 Jury awards top prize to ‘Amour’
Tweet As the 65th edition of Cannes came to a close Sunday, feature film jury president Nanni Moretti and jury members including filmmakers Alexander Payne, Raoul Peck and Andrea Arnold; actors Ewan McGregor, Diane Kruger, Hiam Abbass and Emmanuelle Devos…
TV Savage: Review of Season 5, Episode 11 of ‘Mad Men’
Tweet Mad Men: Series 5, Episode 11 The Other Women May 27, 2012 AMC I have this habit of watching Mad Men twice in the same night, well, because the show is that rich and I want to devour every…
Get Me Ron Perlman! Natalie Portman Joins Director Lynne Ramsay for Western ‘Jane Got A Gun’
Tweet The summer blockbuster season is underway with Men in Black 3 leading the Memorial Day 2012 pack and the season’s first phenomenon, Walt Disney’s The Avengers, continuing to attract crowds excited to watch their favorite Marvel Universe character save…
The Morning Feed: Cannes 2012 Un Certain Regard Jury awards top prize to ‘After Lucia’
Tweet As the 65th edition of Cannes crept to a close today, film buffs and professionals worldwide waited anxiously for today’s announcement of the coveted Palme d’Or prize. Leading into the final curtain call for the 2012 editition of Cannes,…
The Morning Feed: ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ author Maurice Sendak dies at age 83
Tweet According to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, the iconic children’s book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak passed away this morning at 83-years-old after suffering a stroke Friday. Sendak’s longtime companion Lynn Caponera confirmed Sendak’s passing from a hospital…
‘The House’ Review: Director Desiree Lim delivers a genre mash up in slick, sometimes silly ‘The House’
Tweet The House Unrated Running Time: 109 minutes Grade: C+ Vancouver-based filmmaker Desiree Lim re-teams with her frequent collaborator, actress Natalie Skye for the genre mash-up The House and the result is a cool, stylish drama part ghost story but…
The Morning Feed: Duran Duran to headline London 2012 Olympics Opening Concert
Tweet The London 2012 Olympic Games and all its hoopla continue to build with longtime pop stars Duran Duran agreeing to headline a concert in London’s Hyde Park on July 27 – the same day as the Olympics opening ceremony.…
The Morning Feed: ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ author E L James starts East Coast book tour with huge crowds
Tweet The whirlwind celebrity over British author and former TV executive E.L. James continues to build with some 500 people packing Miami’s Biltmore Hotel for a recent signing of her erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey, about a young, college…