film reviews
‘See You Yesterday’: A Netflix film about police killings of African Americans
February 10, 2020First-time feature filmmakers, director Stefon Bristol and his co-writer Fredrica Bailey have aimed for, and largely achieved an almost impossible goal.
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‘Miss Americana’: Taylor Swift doc establishes the personal as political
February 4, 2020It would be easy to dismiss Taylor Swift as a shallow pop sensation with no influence on politics, but that assessment would be wrong.
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‘The Traitor’: How one man brought the Italian Cosa Nostra down
January 31, 2020The cinematography is highly appealing, making a film about some despicable characters eminently watchable.
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Decade of Asian cinema crowns 2019’s Top Ten Films
December 23, 2019There is an Asian pivot in global cinema which accompanies the economic strength of the region.
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The estranged bedfellows of ‘Bombshell’: What the Fox is going on?
December 17, 2019The star-studded anti-Fox News movie Bombshell is perfect for the #MeToo era.
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