Movies
‘Dark Waters’: DuPont chemical’s toxic profits
December 4, 2019All one needs to know about American corporate capitalism is brilliantly laid out in Mark Ruffalo’s new movie Dark Waters. Big company, in this case DuPont, manufactures toxic nightmare. Results fatal. Cover-up just as scary. Story...
Read moreBorderline ‘Ivana the Terrible’: A chip off of Dusan Makavejev’s cinematic block
December 2, 2019Shot tongue in cheek, Terrible is 89 minutes of mostly good fun.
Read more‘Clemency’: Dead woman walking, a capital film on capital punishment
November 27, 2019Alfre Woodard, one of our elder stateswomen of the acting profession, delivers a powerhouse of a performance as the prison warden, Bernardine Williams, Clemency’s main character.
Read moreToronto Hot Docs Film Festival shows films about the Palestinian struggle
May 13, 2019What makes this film one of the best on the subject, despite its grimness and despair, is its love and commitment for the people of Gaza, and its creative use of capturing some truly impassioned storytelling.
Read moreReview: Donald Glover’s ‘Guava Island’: A musical romance opposing capitalist greed
April 15, 2019"Guava Island" is a musical drama that uses vibrant scenery and art to tell an anti-capitalist fable that condemns systemic greed.
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