films

Documentary about journalist Robert Fisk a highlight of Toronto International Film Festival

December 11, 2019 By Bill Meyer

One of the most progressive films at the Toronto International Film Festival this year was a National Film Board of Canada documentary, This Is Not a Movie.

Queer Eye for the Cinefile: How Enlightened was the Enlightenment?

December 10, 2019 By Ed Rampell

"Portrait of a Lady On Fire" film review.

‘The Third Wife’ recounts a woman’s life in rural 19th-century Vietnam

November 26, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

The film is the Vietnamese submission for the 77th Golden Globe Awards. It has already won various film festival awards at other cities.

‘Atlantics (Atlantique)’: An African ‘Get Out’ type of movie

November 25, 2019 By Ed Rampell

In her feature film directorial debut, the young Diop, who is already an accomplished actress in France, proves with Atlantics she also has a bright future as a metteur en scène.

Netflix’s ‘American Son’: Gut-wrenching examination of race and the American dream

November 25, 2019 By Chauncey K. Robinson

It’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.