Movie of the Week: ‘Wild Tales’

Our AHFW crew hasn’t traveled – like most folks – in months, but we’re happily (and virtually) trekking to Argentina for a modern-day classic….and our Movie of the Week! “Wild Tales” (2014) – Wild is the definitive word when describing this wonderfully sadistic, sarcastic, and hilarious ride into six devilish tales of revenge from the mind of writer/director Damian Szifron.  Each story opens without fanfare or opening titles, jumps right into the daily lives of ordinary people, throws them life-changing curve balls, and lets the chips fall where they may. …

Movie of the Week: ‘The Secret in Their Eyes’

On March 7, 2010, the 82nd Academy Awards dazzled audiences at the Kodak Theatre and a worldwide audience.  If you made a bet on the Best Foreign Language Film winner that year, the smart money was on “The White Ribbon”.  Already a heavy favorite, Michael Haneke’s bleak German drama won the Golden Globes two months earlier, and AHFW thought that its win was inevitable. Not so fast, because the Academy knew a secret.  Director Juan Jose Campanella’s “The Secret in Their Eyes” took home the big prize and made Argentina…