
"Trust Me": Nice agents finish last?
Clark Gregg is one of those actors whose name audiences may not know but whose face they will recognize. Especially for his recurring role as Marvel's Agent Phil Coulson.

Ruby Dee, 91: Iconic actress, civil rights activist
Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actress and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at age 91.

“Ida”: Women discover socialist Poland and themselves
It's a road picture, as the two women go back to their family's homestead and figure out what happened.

Hollywood Heritage celebrates 100 years of filmmaking in Hawaii
Ed Rampell will give a video presentation with laser focus on Hollywood feature films and television productions that are shot and set in Hawai'i.

From Congo to North Dakota, films examine the human condition
Several films screened at the recent 2014 Tribeca Film Festival deal with the search for peace and justice, or for truth and understanding. They offer much valuable food for thought.

Groundbreaking new documentary about the 1984-85 Miners' Strike
Still the Enemy Within tells the story of 160 000 coal miners and miners' wives and families from Wales, Scotland and Yorkshire on the frontline of the strike for an entire year.

Entrapment, food wars, and capitalism in three films
A film that debuted at the recent Tribeca Film Festival offers compelling evidence that our government has gone too far in "protecting" its citizens.

"Belle": young love in shadow of the slave trade
This historical drama takes up Belle's first encounters with young love, the stratified class system of the times, and disgusting forms of chauvinism.

Review: "Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself "
The PBS American Masters series is airing a biopic about the writer who made a career out of being a "professional amateur."

Two progressive films to win your heart
Two rousing and heartwarming docs at the Tribeca Film Festival shining the spotlight on two charismatic politician: Michael Tubbs of Stockton and the late, great Ann Richards of Texas.

