"Season of the Witch" examines occult history of rock
Speaking as an occult enthusiast, I prepared myself for the possibility that this book would consist of clichéd assumptions about the occult. Fortunately, the author doesn't go that route.
“Free Radical Bluz”
"To my fellow workers going it alone, who square off with bosses but just get skinned right down to the bone..."
Scandinavia at the Chicago International Film Festival
Scandinavia showed up in full glory at the 50th Chicago International Film Festival. A Swedish film even won the coveted Best Foreign Film Audience Award.
Brad Pitt fires last shot in “Fury”
The film does boast some excellent performances, but by the second half, the script turns utterly preposterous.
"Force majeure" film review: What would you do?
A stylish movie about a middle-class couple vacationing in the Alps with their childen, when something goes wrong to rock their relationships to the core.
Two new films tackle race in depth
"The Evolution of Bert" is a labor of love, "Dear White People" is bold and challenging.
"The Wanted 18" is a charmingly subversive human comedy
This highly creative documentary film about Palestine succeeds on many levels.
"The Ballad of Jane Elkins," Texas slave woman hanged
A soliloquy in which African-American slave Jane comes back alive to go over the last few days before she used an ax to split open the head of slave Master Wisdom.
Freedom of the press? "Kill the Messenger" in review
Kill the Messenger raises daunting questions about the role of the press in society. This passion play is a piece of our nation's recent and ongoing history.
French New Wave classic flows back onto the screen
The late 1950s and early 1960s was a pivotal, heady, historic time for French cinema, as Nouvelle Vague or New Wave classics flowed onto the screen.
