films
Political thriller with music about Japanese HIV scandal impresses L.A.
March 10, 2016Fast moving, eye-catching, colorful, deeply affecting, cathartic, and redemptive.
Read moreProgies honor transsexuals, feminists, card-carrying Communists and more in film
February 29, 2016The Progies honor films that stand up for human, worker, and women's rights, gay rights, minority rights, peace, the environment, and against fascism.
Read moreThis week in history: Hattie McDaniel, first African American Oscar winner
February 29, 2016On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award.
Read more“Race” and “Risen”: Two films, two very different kinds of hero
February 29, 2016What does it mean to be a hero? What can we learn from our heroes? How shall we treat them?
Read more“Requiem for the American Dream”: Wake-up call!
February 22, 2016Noam Chomsky's new film is a clear-eyed, easily accessible outline of how and why American idealism has been sabotaged.
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