Progressive cinema: Whistleblowers at Tribeca
Certainly the film of most interest to progressives at the Tribeca Film Festival this year would be 1971, directed and written by Johanna Hamilton.
Unique films get honors at Tribeca Film Fest
The 12-day festival co-founded by Robert De Niro screened 89 feature films and 57 shorts to an audience of almost a half a million viewers.
"The Quiet Ones" is drama dressed up as horror
Though perhaps arbitrarily unique among its peers, "The Quiet Ones" will likely still get lumped in with the other PG-13 contemporaries and forgotten soon enough.
Captain America sequel hits all the right buttons
Weaved throughout the storyline are critiques of NSA surveillance and data-mining, the assassination of U.S. citizens without due process, and drone strikes.
“Cesar Chavez” is an inspiring must see for today
The Cesar Chavez film highlights the courageous commitment and unwavering dedication of one historic union organizer and his fierce companions.
Star-studded "Monuments Men" asks: Is art worth fighting for?
A historical drama of saving 1,000 years of our cultural heritage. in the knowledge that if Hitler went down, he would take with him to the grave the treasure house of Western Civilization just out of spite. Maybe most was rescued, though a great deal also was lost.
Oscars, shmoscars, here are the 2013 Progie film awards
In an attempt to draw attention to films of social significance with progressive content, I developed The Progie Awards. A collective of international film writers nominates films and actors for these awards.
"Philomena:" heartbreak, fortitude, and search for closure
It's something of a "buddy movie," one of many where two people with great dissimilarities are teamed together in some common objective over which they have no agreement.
Take heart in struggle for freedom, see “12 Years a Slave”
Based on a narrative written by Northrup in 1853, the film takes you inside slavery, from the slaves' point of view.
Toronto Festival: New films feature Wikileaks, American slavery, Bolivar
The Toronto International Film Festival kicked off another 10 day-run of amazing cinema Sept 5-15.
