Tribeca Film Festival in its 15th year of provocative cinema
Once again the Tribeca Film Festival offers a wide array of thought-provoking cinema.
“Louder Than Bombs”: Family dysfunction mirrors a chaotic world
"If you listen carefully, the subtle sounds and nuances of family life can be louder than the more obvious thunder of bombs."
“Batman v Superman”: It’s hero vs. hero, but the audience loses
This film is the cinematic equivalent of a child slamming two plastic toy dinosaurs into one another.
“Madame Butterfly”: The racial/sexual politics of cross-cultural concubinage
LA Opera's current production of Giacomo Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" hits not only a homer, but a grand slam.
Last tango in Kabul? “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” and the embedded reporter
"Tango" perpetuates that age-old Hollywood tradition of setting stories in the "exotic" Third World.
“Race” and “Risen”: Two films, two very different kinds of hero
What does it mean to be a hero? What can we learn from our heroes? How shall we treat them?
Paul Robeson fought Jim Crow, lynching, and McCarthyism
Gerald Horne has made an amazing contribution to African American radical history with a newly published biography.
Progressive cinema: “Angel of Nanjing”
The film shows how love for life and people can drive a person in a country of over a billion to exercise compassion for his fellow humans.
"Requiem for the American Dream": Wake-up call!
Noam Chomsky's new film is a clear-eyed, easily accessible outline of how and why American idealism has been sabotaged.
Cartoonist Ted Rall delivers with “Bernie”
Rall offers a deftly drawn, incisive portrait of the man and the political climate against which he rebels.
