Werner Her­zog is one of my favorite direc­tors (Wheel of Time, Encoun­ters at the End of the World). His films have a way of draw­ing you into another real­ity through stun­ning visu­als and long shots that allow your eyes to mar­i­nate in the beauty of what­ever sub­ject he is shoot­ing. Cave of For­got­ten Dreams is his lat­est cre­ation released in Sep­tem­ber of 2010 — and it’s in 3D.

Rene­gade is one of the most beau­ti­ful movies I have ever seen. It’s also the most accu­rate depic­tion of a shamanic entheogenic expe­ri­ence. The pro­duc­ers even got the sound right — down to the crin­kling plas­tic and the shamanic singing. It’s truly amaz­ing that this has escaped pop­u­lar notice…or maybe not that amaz­ing as the pop­u­lar cul­ture is not very inter­ested in this type of thing.

The fea­ture film “2012: Time for Change” presents an opti­mistic alter­na­tive to apoc­a­lyp­ti­cal doom and gloom. Directed by Emmy Award nom­i­nee Joao Amorim, the film fol­lows jour­nal­ist Daniel Pinch­beck, author of the best­selling 2012: The Return of Quet­zal­coatl, on a quest for a new par­a­digm that inte­grates the archaic wis­dom of tribal cul­tures with the sci­en­tific method. As con­scious agents […]