“Candide”: The best of all possible shows?
It's at all times innovative, witty and charming, full of puppetry, pageantry, imaginative stagecraft and Voltaire's waggish sensibility.
“13 Hours” and “Cartel Land”: Cries and whispers
"Cartel Land" is a serious film, evenhanded in showing the complexities of vigilante action.
"The Shannara Chronicles" offers elves, magic, and Millennials
Everything ancient is new again on The Shannara Chronicles, which caters to a very specific audience and is far better than it has any right to be.
"The X-Files": The nostalgia is out there, but is it good?
The question is whether The X-Files, in its six-episode "event series," lives up to the hype, or holds a candle to the original.
Singing the praises of a Portuguese Holocaust hero
Five years ago the Sousa Mendes Foundation commissioned composer Neely Bruce to write an oratorio about the Portuguese rescuer.
Screen Actors Guild Awards — the union alternative to the Oscars
"Yes, it's glitzy and glamorous, but really it's about celebrating our union."
“Aferim!”: The wild, wild East in film
It has a number of genre conventions of the Western, though one could argue that the Romanian-set film should be called an "Eastern."
Bullets and broken hearts over Broadway
So, a Marxist walks into a theater to watch a fluffy new musical set in the 1930s - and leaves with a big wide smile across his face.
“Lenin's Last Struggle” recounts a losing campaign against the emerging Stalin
Lewin paints a picture of the frustrations facing Lenin in this final period and his increasing misgivings about Joseph Stalin.
The Progies show how film awards can be inclusive and progressive
Nominations for the Progie Awards have been voted on. May the Best Progressive films and filmmakers win!
