Nursing home workers write their stories with “Loving Hands”
"With Our Loving Hands: 1199 NE Nursing Home Workers Tell their Story" is an unusual book for several reasons.
“From Spring to Summer”: A movie you might have missed
The Korean people suffered mightily under the cruel occupation of imperialist Japan. That sad reality is brought to life in this well constructed war picture.
“Selma” will inspire you
A chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery.
“Blackhat”: The thinker’s thriller
Director Mann has made the tried and true thriller genre timely and cutting edge, as well as sitting-on-the-edge-of-your-seat exciting.
Hello to Godard’s latest film, “Goodbye to Language”
To paraphrase TV's 1960s sci-fi series "The Outer Limits," there is nothing wrong with your screen. Do not attempt to adjust the picture.
Hope is the root of activism
Activism like that takes courage and wisdom. It emerges out of deep places in the human spirit, the interior felt-life experience expressed by the arts and also by religion.
"Little Big Man": A movie you might have missed
The film put an end to the portrayal of the settling of the West as a bugle-blowing heroic exercise of taming the savage inhabitants.
From neo-realism to neo-liberalism: “Two Days, One Night”
The word "depression" indicates a downturn, and can refer to psychological or economic dimensions.
"The Imitation Game": Binary consciousness at many levels
The enthralling story of an inspired, harassed and troubled genius, British mathematician Alan Turing and his conquest of the "unbreakable" Nazi "Enigma" code.
Stuart Scott captured hearts of millions, including mine
Stuart Scott, acclaimed ESPN sports broadcaster and journalist, who captured the hearts of millions of sports fans, died yesterday at the age of 49 of cancer.
