“Jason Bourne” film: Don’t trust the CIA
What's arguably most interesting about Jason Bourne is its up-to-the-minute topicality, ripping those proverbial headlines right off the front pages.
Blinded by the bright lights of Hollywood and “Café Society”
How Woody Allen keeps 'em coming on such a high level of interest is a phenomenon of continued creative juices still flowing in the senior decades.
“Our Little Sister”: A masterpiece
"Our Little Sister" is a film of surpassing beauty and sensitivity, a fully realized insight into family that unfolds patiently, with elegance and understanding.
Human trafficking and sex slavery: The opera
Set amidst a maelstrom of deception, secrecy and violence, Anya17 emphasizes young girls' aspirations for comfort and freedom in "the West."
“Ghostbusters”: 30 years later, can this sequel stand on its own?
It's not easy making a sequel. Should you stick to the original formula?
Author Roy Speckhardt: “Can we create change through humanism?"
"Humanists understand that this is the only life we have, and this planet is the only place we have to live it."
In “The Marvin Gaye Story,” sexual healing is the political
The music gives us this clarity about who we are, how we can be, the world we can achieve.
“Hunt for the Wilderpeople”: Outlandish outlaws in New Zealand’s Maori bush
This is a banner week for South Seas Cinema, the film genre set and shot in the Pacific Islands.
Black comedy “Armadillo Necktie” exposes open wound of U.S. in Iraq
A new self-described "jet-black comedy" takes on the national American character at the apogee of its foreign "nation building" enterprise.
“Home/Sick” stages the 1970s Weathermen movement with explosive impact
In the waning days of the Vietnam War, democracy itself seemed to have ground to a halt. A newly re-staged play delves into that period.
