Dale Greenfield
LATEST ARTICLES BY Dale Greenfield
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Arts
Echoes from “Cesar Chavez” reverberate to today
April 10, 2014Go see the film. It's flawed, but its heart is in the right place.
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World
No quiet on the eastern front: “Stalingrad”
March 11, 2014Based loosely on Soviet author Vasily Grossman's novel, "Life and Fate," the film Stalingrad is a treatment of World War II's "bloodiest battle in human history."
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Arts
“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” is stunning must-see
December 16, 2013"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" is visually stunning, unfolding professionally within a familiar bio-pic template.
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Arts
“Dallas Buyers Club”: We’re surprised you’re even alive
November 14, 2013Dallas Buyers Club is an uplifting morality tale that's about as good as the art of cinema gets.
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Arts
Finding her authentic voice
October 9, 2013Several stories reflect te author's gnawing awareness of severe class and ethnic disparities in her adopted land.
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Arts
“Fruitvale Station”: an American tragedy
July 29, 2013Ryan Coogler gives us Fruitvale Station as a symbolic recapitulation of the Stations of the Cross, recounting the last 30-plus hours of Oscar Grant III's life.
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Arts
Walking a mile in Barbara’s shoes
December 28, 2012Andre is aware that East Germany has been following the orthodox Soviet model, one that doesn't, reflect the highest humanitarian principles of socialism.
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Nature vs. nurture in the Middle East: “The Other Son”
December 11, 2012What does it mean to be a parent? A Jew? A Muslim? Israeli? Palestinian? What is the nature of identity politics when you don't even know what your identity is?
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