“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?
“Detroit Jazz City”: New CD celebrates the Motor City
Music enthusiasts may rarely think of Detroit when it comes to jazz ... but a new CD might change that.
“I kill a man…/I love a man…”: The Emile Griffith jazz opera
Of the hundreds of opera performances I have attended over a lifetime, rarely have I been so emotionally stirred as I was by this one.
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.
VIDEO: #OscarsSoWhite goes viral
Controversy followed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announcement of the nominees for the 2016 Oscars ceremony.
“Hail, Caesar!” A specter haunts Hollywood in new goofball comedy
Hot on the heels of the Oscar-nominated Trumbo, another 1950s-set movie about Hollywood Reds has been released.
