film
‘Birds of Prey’ and the emancipation of women-led comic book movies
February 8, 2020Birds of Prey is not a hero’s journey, but rather a wild roller coaster of female emancipation through a variety of brutal moments.
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‘Citizen K’: Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the birthing of the new Russia
December 10, 2019Citizen K is totally riveting from beginning to end, assuming a viewer has some interest in the subject.
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Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman” through the eyes of a once and former Teamster
December 5, 2019For all the things the film did well, it failed to portray the Teamsters union properly and accurately.
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Centering Black life: Groundbreaking filmmaker John Singleton dies at age 51
April 30, 2019Singleton’s films centering the Black experience will live on, inspiring future Black storytellers and showing that these stories can be told, despite the odds.
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Review: ‘Captive State’ puts sci-fi and resistance center stage in Chicago
March 29, 2019The film is an ambitious effort that produces mixed results.
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