film reviews

Melancholy Danes: A Scandinavian ‘Sunset Boulevard’ in Bille August’s ‘The Pact’

February 11, 2022 By Ed Rampell

The 73-year-old Danish helmer’s almost two-hour The Pact is a thought-provoking, moody movie.

‘GameStop: Rise of the Players’ exposes the greed of Wall Street and finance capitalism

January 28, 2022 By Chauncey K. Robinson

Was it the French Revolution of Finance? Occupy Wall Street 2.0? A new documentary tells a David and Goliath story of the Little Guys vs. the Hedge Funds.

‘Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom’: Learning life’s meaning in the remote Himalayas

January 25, 2022 By Ed Rampell

What Lunana lacks in modern technical amenities it more than makes up for with majestic, mountainous scenery .

Who killed JFK? Stone’s latest assassination documentary reveals more hidden secrets

January 14, 2022 By John Bachtell

The same right-wing extremism that many, including Stone, believe was behind the Kennedy assassination (and coup) is driving the real-time coup by the Trump MAGA GOP today.

Canadian Communist movement celebrated in new feature-length documentary

December 13, 2021 By Cam Scott

A Century of Struggle: One Hundred Years of the Communist Party of Canada covers the panoramic history of the party—from its outlaw origins amid the ferment of the early labor movement to the urgent demands of the...