New film promotes public workers’ fight for rights
Alantris Muhammad and millions of other workers like her face a big problem: The U.S. Supreme Court.
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.
The Chile coup and Pinochet’s “Christian” torture chamber in “Colonia”
German director Florian Gallenberger's Colonia is arguably this year's Zürich Film Festival's hardest-hitting film.
Media exposés in new films “Spotlight” and “The Program”
"Spotlight" deals with the heavy subject matter of child abuse perpetrated by those posturing as Christians.
Progressive cinema in Toronto: An overview
Still one of the largest film festivals, the Toronto International Film Festival is boasting around 400 films in a 10-day extravaganza.
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.
“Forsaken”: Middle-aged gun Jack Bauer home on the deranged range
Unless you are a diehard Western fan you may find this godforsaken flick torture to sit through.
