film reviews
‘In Dubious Battle’ will screen in L.A.
October 19, 2018The film treats a subject that is still all too relevant: the fight for a living wage.
Read more‘hillbilly’ and ‘Life and Nothing More’: Two films about soul-crushing poverty
October 16, 2018Two new films are currently on the horizon that are well worth seeing.
Read more‘First Man’: The wrong stuff, from claustrophobia to the cosmos
October 11, 2018The image of a helmeted Gosling being used to advertise First Man walks that fine line between being a homage to or a rip-off of the far superior film 2001.
Read moreAugust Wilson’s Radio Golf applies radical traditions in assessing racial, economic progress
October 5, 2018At a time when we seem to get further and further away from democracy, drifting toward authoritarianism, Radio Golf stands as important drama for our time.
Read more‘United Skates,’ an eye-opening documentary on African-American roller rinks
October 3, 2018Roller skating rinks have declined precipitously over the last decades in America, and we get to see some of the reasons why.
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