Culture
“The Skyjacker’s Tale”: Miscarriage of justice in 1970s St. Croix
September 27, 2016It's one of the most colorful and stylized political stories at the Toronto International Film Festival, a totally absorbing and entertaining film, full of creative reenactments.
Read more“I Am Not Your Negro” film based on James Baldwin book
September 27, 2016The filmmaker took 10 years to bring this masterpiece to the screen, after being rejected by every American studio he approached.
Read more“Snowden”: Love, life and privacy in the time of surveillance
September 26, 2016Oliver Stone's excellent new film "Snowden" is a primer on life in the digital age - the perils to privacy, professionalism and the personal.
Read more“Macbeth”: A specter haunts the Los Angeles Opera
September 26, 2016LA Opera's outstanding production of Giuseppe Verdi's operatic version of Macbeth is simply one of its best.
Read moreA cinematic thriller of love, film, kidnapping and Korean politics
September 23, 2016It probably would have helped the cause of North Korean socialism not to go around kidnapping major film stars.
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