films
‘The Traitor’: How one man brought the Italian Cosa Nostra down
January 31, 2020The cinematography is highly appealing, making a film about some despicable characters eminently watchable.
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F.W. Murnau’s ‘Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans’ has thrilling new score
January 31, 2020This is a film town But there’s no period at the end of that sentence because L.A. is so much more.
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‘After Porn Ends’: New documentary explores lives of actors post-career
December 20, 2019The documentary shines a light on the hypocrisy of a society that fantasizes about sex workers on one hand, then stigmatizes them for that work on the other.
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The estranged bedfellows of ‘Bombshell’: What the Fox is going on?
December 17, 2019The star-studded anti-Fox News movie Bombshell is perfect for the #MeToo era.
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Documentary about journalist Robert Fisk a highlight of Toronto International Film Festival
December 11, 2019One 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.
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