‘The Last Station’ - we loved it and learned from it
Love, wealth, utopian ideas and looming revolution are themes in this wonderfully acted film about Tolstoy and his wife.
What’s your Oscar predictions?
Sunday is Oscar night and I admit I have not seen every movie nominated but I did see most and here are my predictions.
From Cuba, tender story about grueling sport
Documentary gives a tender and inside look at the renowned Cuban training academy for boxing.
Mau Mau, Marx, & Coca Cola: 18th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival
The 18th annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival was a U.S. showcase for independent, studio, student, foreign (especially African) political and progressive pictures.
And the winner is ... top progressive movie awards for 2009 announced
Progressive Cinema critic Bill Meyer announces the James Agee Cinema Circle Progie Award winners from 2009.
The most dangerous man in America, worth watching
WASHINGTON (PAI) -- We usually don't use The Washington Window as a movie review, but we're going to make an exception, and urge you to see "The Most Dangerous Man In America."
‘Julie and Julia’ — most underrated movie of the year
"Julie and Julia" is the most underrated movie of the year.
One family’s “American Violet” experience
When I saw "American Violet" recently, it really hit close to home. I kept flashing back to my family's own encounters with the law.
Films provoke disturbing image: ‘world war’ against women
With the spectacular response of the movie "Precious," this might be the moment that some movies are sending urgent messages to us about a "world war" against women.
New vampire film takes a bite out of capitalism
Having premiered at the 34th Annual Toronto Inter-national Film Festival on September 11, 2009, but seeing its wide theatrical debut on January 8, 2010 (I caught it yesterday in Chicago), "Daybreakers" is a thinking man's vampire film.
