film reviews
“Get Out”: New film shows the horror of white liberals’ racism
February 27, 2017"Get Out" directly confronts the violence of white liberalism, allowing us to fully experience the sweeping pervasiveness of racism beyond ultra-right fascist tropes.
Read moreTen films that shook the world: The Russian Revolution centennial
February 22, 2017The programmer and co-presenter of “Ten Films That Shook the World” is film historian and critic Ed Rampell.
Read more“The Salesman”: Iranian film asks: Is this the enemy?
January 26, 2017“The days of cinema giving answers is over. Cinema should ask questions…"
Read moreMasterful “Neruda” film opens on December 16
December 15, 2016“We invented a world, just as Neruda invented his. The film we made is more a ‘Nerudian’ film than it is a film about Neruda, or perhaps it’s both.”
Read more“Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”: Militarism inconclusively critiqued
December 9, 2016Ang Lee is a great director, but his latest offering gives us a pyrrhic victory; a worthy build-up followed by a perfunctory conclusion.
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