film reviews

‘hillbilly’ and ‘Life and Nothing More’: Two films about soul-crushing poverty

October 16, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Two new films are currently on the horizon that are well worth seeing.

‘First Man’: The wrong stuff, from claustrophobia to the cosmos

October 11, 2018 By Ed Rampell

The image of a helmeted Gosling being used to advertise First Man walks that fine line between being a homage to or a rip-off of the far superior film 2001.

August Wilson’s Radio Golf applies radical traditions in assessing racial, economic progress

October 5, 2018 By Tim Libretti

At a time when we seem to get further and further away from democracy, drifting toward authoritarianism, Radio Golf stands as important drama for our time.

‘United Skates,’ an eye-opening documentary on African-American roller rinks

October 3, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Roller skating rinks have declined precipitously over the last decades in America, and we get to see some of the reasons why.

‘Moroni for President’: A gay Mormon Navajo freedom fighter

September 28, 2018 By Ed Rampell

Based on its name, I thought it might be a satire based on Trump about a moron running for the White House. But to paraphrase an old saying, don’t judge a film by its title.