film reviews
Netflix’s ‘American Son’: Gut-wrenching examination of race and the American dream
November 25, 2019It’s powerful storytelling that will make you feel particularly angry, but may leave you frustrated, as it gives no pointers on where to direct that anger next.
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‘Desert One’: The imperialists who couldn’t shoot straight
November 21, 2019From Harlan to Hormel to Hemingway to Hostages, two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple is one of America’s preeminent documentarians.
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‘The Irishman’: Pacino, Paquin and the gangs of New York are all here
November 20, 2019I enjoyed this epic three quarters of the way through, but I could have lived without the final hour or so, which basically deals with growing old.
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New PBS film ‘McCarthy’: Lessons unlearned
November 19, 2019Writer-director-producer Grimberg gives us a fine, understated look at what a genial, right-minded, homegrown elected-official terrorism looks like.
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‘Poisoning Paradise’: Pierce Brosnan 007 hunts down agrichemical villains
November 8, 2019The ultimate Bond villain: Biotech companies such as Monsanto and DuPont, whose pesticides and GMO experimental projects are turning people into lab rats.
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