films
Alan Rickman, star of stage and “Harry Potter,” dies at 69
January 15, 2016Rickman, a classically trained stage star and sensual screen villain has died after a battle with cancer.
Read more#OscarsSoWhite goes viral as Academy Awards nominations are announced
January 15, 2016Activist communities on the Internet had prepared for it: as it turned out, the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite was buzzing the morning of Jan. 14.
Read moreHow the Oscars began as a tool for union-avoidance
January 15, 2016Everyone's heard of the Academy Awards, but few know the anti-union origins of its sponsor.
Read more“The Big Short” in review: The fire next time
January 14, 2016The film version of Michael Lewis' non-fiction book "The Big Short" is a high percentage earner in the Great Recession sweepstakes.
Read more“The Revenant”: Voice in the wilderness
January 13, 2016"The Revenant" is a powerful, soaring reverie of love, duty, and survival . . . an environmentalist's epic.
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