“Jimmy’s Hall”: Ken Loach’s Irish working class heroes
"Jimmy's Hall" is about Jimmy Gralton, the only Irishman deported as an illegal alien from Ireland, the land of his birth, without so much as a trial!
Review: how corporate America invented Christian America
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
A day in the life of film at Tribeca
"Armor of Light." "Good Kill," "Far from Men," "Trials of Constance Baker Motley," "Song of Lahore" and more.
Orange is the new red
The season finale of the third season of Netflix's "Orange is the New Black" was spectacular, to say nothing of the other wonderful episodes leading up to it.
Girlhood's peaks and valleys: "Infinitely Polar Bear" reviewed
Screenwriter Maya Forbes makes an auspicious directorial debut in this intensely personal film recreating her troubled Boston girlhood during the 1970s
More highlights of progressive cinema from Tribeca
Including "(T)ERROR," "Thought Crimes," "Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle (TASER)" and "Havana Motor Club."
LA Film Festival: "Mekko"
Sterlin Harjo's "Mekko" is a contemporary look at down and out Native Americans in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Enigmatic Romanian film "The Japanese Dog" at SEEFest
Films such as enigmatically named The Japanese Dog represent the drama of everyday life, without a single solitary screeching car chase, explosion or shooting.
"Cartel Land" reviewed, and Mammoth Lakes Film Festival awards
"Cartel Land" deservedly won the Bravery Award; this is yeoman filmmaking, done at great risk to the filmmakers as well as the participants.
“American Relief Aid and the Spanish Civil War”: a unique perspective
Context is central to any historical narrative. This is certainly true regarding the Spanish Civil War.
