film review

‘A Complete Unknown’: It ain’t me, babe!

January 3, 2025 By Michael Berkowitz

Perhaps we ask too much from our heroes.

‘Soundtrack to a Coup D’État’ recounts the assassination of Patrice Lumumba

December 20, 2024 By Bill Meyer

Many progressives consider the assassination of the first Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba as among the earliest and certainly best known of the many regime change operations carried out by the U.S. empire.

Hong Sang-soo’s ‘A Traveler’s Needs’ stars Isabelle Huppert in Korean film

November 8, 2024 By Ed Rampell

One of AFI FEST’s top virtues is that it brings many foreign films to L.A., including this year the latest from South Korean writer/director Hong Sang-soo.

Women of the future: ‘Sunny’ and ‘Molli and Max’ on screens big and small

August 20, 2024 By Michael Berkowitz

Two new science fiction works, one for the small screen and one for the large, provide new views of women.

‘MaXXXine’ review: Bloody glamour and a complex female anti-hero collide for great storytelling

July 16, 2024 By Chauncey K. Robinson

Come for the blood and 80s aesthetic; stay for the great characters and layered storytelling.