film reviews
“Hail, Caesar!” A specter haunts Hollywood in new goofball comedy
February 4, 2016Hot on the heels of the Oscar-nominated Trumbo, another 1950s-set movie about Hollywood Reds has been released.
Read more“The Man Who Knew Infinity”: An infinitely rewarding film
September 28, 2015"I found this film to be an infinitely rewarding biopic that showed 'math is an art, not a science.' "
Read more“Best of Enemies”: New documentary revisits Buckley vs. Vidal
September 24, 2015"Best of Enemies" succeeds without being partisan or overbearing. Its subject speaks for itself.
Read moreCalifornia rolls in new film “East Side Sushi”
September 24, 2015Anthony Lucero's fine film uses the framework of food film to deftly explore class, work, ethnicity, and sexism.
Read more“Jimmy’s Hall”: Ken Loach’s Irish working class heroes
July 21, 2015"Jimmy's Hall" is about Jimmy Gralton, the only Irishman deported as an illegal alien from Ireland, the land of his birth, without so much as a trial!
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