films
Dalton Trumbo, the “Spartacus” screenwriter who broke the blacklist
November 19, 2015Dalton Trumbo, the jailed screenwriter who broke the Hollywood Blacklist, is making a comeback in a superb biopic.
Read moreRampling and Courtenay: The past preserved haunts the present in “45 Years”
November 19, 2015Andrew Haigh's film is a profoundly stirring one about a longtime married couple poignantly portrayed by two cinema greats.
Read more“Mediterranea”: Europe’s embattled migrants on film
November 13, 2015"Mediterranea" succeeds in putting the stateless, the homeless, and the wretched of the Earth in the limelight they deserve.
Read moreSpike Lee’s “Chiraq” spotlights Chicago gun violence
November 10, 2015"Chiraq" is described as exploring the epidemic of gun violence on the South Side of Chicago, and black-on-black violence.
Read more“Embrace of the Serpent”: Odyssey into Amazonian “heart of darkness”
November 10, 2015Inter-species interaction between outer space aliens and human beings has long been a staple of the science fiction genre.
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