film reviews
Steven Knight’s ‘A Christmas Carol’: Dickens in the age of neoliberalism
February 11, 2020This episode points out, as do the others, the ruthlessness of a society based on competition, control and confinement.
Read more‘See You Yesterday’: A Netflix film about police killings of African Americans
February 10, 2020First-time feature filmmakers, director Stefon Bristol and his co-writer Fredrica Bailey have aimed for, and largely achieved an almost impossible goal.
Read more‘Miss Americana’: Taylor Swift doc establishes the personal as political
February 4, 2020It would be easy to dismiss Taylor Swift as a shallow pop sensation with no influence on politics, but that assessment would be wrong.
Read more‘The Traitor’: How one man brought the Italian Cosa Nostra down
January 31, 2020The cinematography is highly appealing, making a film about some despicable characters eminently watchable.
Read moreDecade of Asian cinema crowns 2019’s Top Ten Films
December 23, 2019There is an Asian pivot in global cinema which accompanies the economic strength of the region.
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