"Boyhood," in a land of opportunity they don't make it easy
Writer and director Richard Linklater's latest release had an intriguing gestation, filmed in and around Houston over a twelve-year timeframe from 2002 to 2013.
"Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists": Great socialist novel marks 100th anniversary
Frank Owen, a socialist house painter, repeatedly attempts to convert his coworkers to his way of thinking: one part of the novel is melodrama the other part social and economic satire.
Tentative pacts avert Metropolitan Opera lockout scheme
The tentative agreement includes mandatory cost reductions from management and an independent monitor to track budget performance.
"Life Itself": A Roger Ebert biopic
Having conducted an extraordinarily unpredictable life, reviewing some 6000 films, Ebert lived his own movie.
Remembering Robin Williams: the laughter, compassion, and humanity
Williams, hardly "selfish" or "cowardly," gave back to the people via his career-spanning progressive activism.
Comedian John Oliver confronts racism, police militarization in Ferguson
Sometimes it takes a Brit to hold up a mirror to America, capture its ugly side and reflect it back in biting, yet empathetic, satire.
For Whom the Whistle Blows: “The Kill Team”
This documentary's real target market are those young impressionable people who have bought into the madness of Washington's endless imperial misadventures.
Actress Lauren Bacall, who protested Hollywood blacklist, dies at 89
"Stardom isn't a career," Bacall once observed, "it's an accident." What a lucky accident it turned out to be.
Among his many triumphs, Robin Williams stood with striking writers
Shock at the death of Robin Williams led me to search peoplesworld.org to see what we had written about him since 2002. What I found surprised me.
“What If,” romantic comedy, sells movie tickets
Zoe Kazan is teamed with Daniel Radcliffe in a story that asks the question, "Will the 'Harry Met Sally' formula work again?"
