Latin America at the Toronto International Film Festival
This film festival is not lacking in films from Latin America, including gems from Argentina, Chile, and Mexico.
"Trumbo": We're still persecuting the innocent
Director Jay Roach, known for lighter fare, has taken on a heady subject, no less than the most famous communist in Hollywood history -- Dalton Trumbo.
Narratives from the 2015 Toronto Film Festival
As mentioned in a previous column, documentaries are not always more truthful that fiction films.
Michael Moore’s latest: “Where to Invade Next”
It's been six long years since the humorist provocateur Michael Moore has made a film.
Globalization and privatization: “Our Brand is Crisis”
Although it uses the Bolivian election and the GCS involvement as the basis for the story, it makes some plot alterations.
War and anti-war films at Zürich Film Festival
NGO workers entangled behind the lines of a combat zone during the final days of former Yugoslavia's warfare; Danes embroiled in Afghanistan.
“Black Panther Party: Vanguard of the Revolution” – unfinished business
A stirring montage of film clips, talking heads and still photos of one of the most dramatic movements in modern history.
Lesbian-themed film “Carol” in the era of conformity
This is a slow-moving, deliberately paced character study of lovers whose sexual orientation challenges and threatens the status quo.
“Meet the Patels" is about an immigrant marriage mania
Its unidirectional drive makes it too predictable, although viewers will certainly laugh and enjoy themselves.
"Who is Gil Scott-Heron?" is tribute to late poet-musician
A new film is being screened in select cities this summer that focuses on the life of the late poet-musician, Gil Scott-Heron.
