films
“Tigers Are Not Afraid”: A dark fairytale with human trafficking as the real monster
October 17, 2017Issa Lopez’s film uses fantasy to highlight the all too real nightmare that is happening to the women of Mexico.
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Romancing Victoria: The historical context behind “Victoria and Abdul”
October 13, 2017Don't be seduced by this excessive polishing of the terrible Victorian regime in film.
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Tennis comes a long way in new film “Battle of the Sexes”
October 12, 2017Picture the year 1973: The sexual revolution was in full swing, and on the tennis court, Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs battled it out in front of 90 million people.
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Revolutionary triple feature: Latest installments in Soviet film series
September 20, 2017The latest three films to be featured show that the Bolsheviks certainly had a sense of humor.
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“Gook”: The not-so-black-and-white race dynamics of LA riots
August 17, 2017By centering on Black and Asian Americans, Chon gives audiences a powerful slice-of-life perspective into racial relationships not often explored.
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