films

Latin America at the Toronto International Film Festival

November 22, 2019 By Bill Meyer

Cuba, plagued by endless U.S. boycotts and sanctions, has little money left to sustain and develop their cultural exports.

‘The Two Popes’: The god couple

November 22, 2019 By Ed Rampell

Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, who was Oscar-nominated for 2002’s City of God and Golden Globe-nommed for 2005’s The Constant Gardener, is back with another topical film.

‘Desert One’: The imperialists who couldn’t shoot straight

November 21, 2019 By Ed Rampell

From Harlan to Hormel to Hemingway to Hostages, two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple is one of America’s preeminent documentarians.

‘The Irishman’: Pacino, Paquin and the gangs of New York are all here

November 20, 2019 By Ed Rampell

I enjoyed this epic three quarters of the way through, but I could have lived without the final hour or so, which basically deals with growing old.

New PBS film ‘McCarthy’: Lessons unlearned

November 19, 2019 By Michael Berkowitz

Writer-director-producer Grimberg gives us a fine, understated look at what a genial, right-minded, homegrown elected-official terrorism looks like.