"Ant-Man" is fun, but never thinks big
The movie is a decent enough popcorn flick, but its narrative weaknesses and hit-or-miss jokes don't help it much.
"Dying to Know" is new doc about a dynamic duo
Gay Dillingham's "Dying to Know," narrated by Robert Redford, was an entertaining, informative doc about Ram Dass and Timothy Leary.
Today in history: Patrick Stewart turns 75
The highly accomplished, ever busy, and much beloved actor Patrick Stewart is 75 years old today.
Hey, Boo: To stage a Mockingbird
Theater Review: Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird; the Theatricum has its finger on the American pulse.
Christopher Lee, 93: the Count bows out
Lee, whose 70-year career spanned multiple mediums of art and several generations of audiences; his life was nearly as colorful and interesting as his later film roles would be.
Progressive Cinema: Tribeca Film Festival highlights
This is the second in a series of reports from the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
Sci-fi in “Tomorrowland” makes a good point
It's refreshing to see science fiction used for something that isn't dystopian!
Progressive cinema clips: Cinetopia, Robeson film, "Chiraq"
Detroit area film lovers are being treated to a new version of the Cinetopia Film Festival, now in its fourth year and growing rapidly.
A would-be Gorbachev in the People’s Republic: “The Chinese Mayor”
This film is an insider's look at Geng Yanbo, the reform-minded mayor of Datong, one of the People's Republic of China's most polluted cities.
The cost of fame: “The Cult of JT Leroy"
The film shows how nonfiction becomes novelized, with dramatization and confabulation fobbed off as "news" and "truth."
