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.
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.
H.R. Giger, 74: Surrealist artist known for his "Alien"
Known worldwide by fans of alternative and surreal art and having something of a cult following, Giger was known for his unsettling and unique style of biomechanical science fiction designs.
Unauthorized
"There will be no revolutionary time-outs 'til we've finally won, 'cause the revolution will be unauthorized."
The war on film
As the generation who fought in World War II dwindles in numbers, we are losing crucial first-hand testimony of the heroic struggles to defeat fascism.
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.
Workers Unite Film Festival opens May 9 in NYC
New York City is the home of many film festivals. Most don't highlight the lives of working people, although some have working people as characters.
"The Galapagos Affair, Satan Came to Eden" film review
The atavistic impulse to "get away from it all" and "return to nature" has been a literary theme since Robinson Crusoe and the Swiss Family Robinson cast away on desert islands.
"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.
