film reviews
Chelsea Manning and Rohingya Muslims featured in new documentaries
May 29, 2019The film "XY Chelsea" is often tragic in tone, showing the pervasive surveillance ominously growing in the U.S.
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‘Occupied Cinema’: An audacious Serbian documentary about the Occupy Movement
May 14, 2019If “audacity in cinema” is the theme of this year’s South East European Film Festival, then this is among the 14th annual SEEfest’s most audacious films.
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Toronto 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.
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L.A. Asia Pacific Filmfest commemorates a memorable Maori moviemaker
May 10, 2019A terrific biopic about Maori moviemaker Merata Mita, the first Pacific Islander woman to direct a feature film.
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‘El Gato Montés’: A gypsy, bandit, and torero walk into a bullring
May 8, 2019This provocative production about a ménage à trois is one of LA Opera’s most outrageous undertakings.
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