films

Toronto International Film Festival unveils daring comedy satire ‘Jojo Rabbit’

September 25, 2019 By Bill Meyer

The extreme comedic approach is not for everyone, but at its best, the film subtly reveals how innocent youth are indoctrinated into extreme forms of intolerance and hatred.

Chelsea Handler’s new Netflix white privilege documentary misses the mark

September 19, 2019 By Michelle Zacarias

What happens when a wildly successful rich white woman comedian realizes she’s had access to immeasurable opportunities throughout her life? She makes a documentary centering herself.

‘Loro’: A semi-fictional portrait of business titan and politician Silvio Berlusconi

September 19, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

Excessive self-indulgence is the byword of Paolo Sorrentino’s new film Loro.

Voter suppression documentary ‘Rigged’ screens at Congressional Black Caucus

September 16, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

Millions of people of color, students, women, the old, and workers were turned away from the polls on one technicality or another, or just plain intimidated into not voting, in 2016.

‘Hustlers’: How strippers became unexpected heroes of the 2008 Wall Street crash

September 13, 2019 By Michelle Zacarias

The film’s deeply political themes highlight the multitude of ways in which the fallout of Wall Street’s greed affected everyone—including sex workers.