By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—It was a feisty woman in the early 20th century who made Taos the art and cultural center it is today. In the documentary “Awakening in Taos” we discover that Mabel Dodge Luhan escaped an eastern U.S. hotbed of male dominance to live in the Land [...]

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic “Cars” is an interesting film franchise. Not only did the popularity of the 2006 animated release result in the Disney Pixar property getting its own themed land at Disneyland Resort’s Disney California Adventure Park, but it’s also only the second P [...]

By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— “All that Hollywood ******** doesn’t cut it here. What a luxury!” Oscar nominee Ali MacGraw (“Love Story”) says before a packed house at the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience. MacGraw, now 78 and a resident of Tesuque, N.M. for the past qua [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features ANAHEIM, Calif.—In Disney Pixar’s “Cars 3,” Armie Hammer (“The Lone Ranger,” “The Social Network”) voices the character of hotshot new car on the block Jackson Storm, presenting the toughest competition to date for hero racecar Lightning McQueen, once again voi [...]