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‘The Irishman’: Pacino, Paquin and the gangs of New York are all here

November 20, 2019 By Ed Rampell

I enjoyed this epic three quarters of the way through, but I could have lived without the final hour or so, which basically deals with growing old.

New PBS film ‘McCarthy’: Lessons unlearned

November 19, 2019 By Michael Berkowitz

Writer-director-producer Grimberg gives us a fine, understated look at what a genial, right-minded, homegrown elected-official terrorism looks like.

‘Poisoning Paradise’: Pierce Brosnan 007 hunts down agrichemical villains

November 8, 2019 By Ed Rampell

The ultimate Bond villain: Biotech companies such as Monsanto and DuPont, whose pesticides and GMO experimental projects are turning people into lab rats.

Overview of tenth anniversary DOC NYC Film Festival

November 7, 2019 By Bill Meyer

The DOC NYC Film Festival has now become the largest documentary film festival in the U.S. It screens over 300 films, including many U.S. and world premieres, and runs for 10 days, Nov. 6-15.

Film review: All aboard the freedom train with “Harriet”

November 1, 2019 By Ed Rampell

In a straight forward, conventional manner co-writer/director Kasi Lemmons (1997’s Eve’s Bayou) unfolds the life story of Araminta "Minty" Ross.