films
‘Sing Sing’ sings out for justice, clemency, rehabilitation, humanity
August 14, 2024The new 105-minute film Sing Sing is about life inside Sing Sing Correctional Facility, perhaps the most infamous maximum security prison in America, perhaps the world.
Read more‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’: Viggo Mortensen as Lord of the Gunslingers
June 5, 2024The thoughtful, left-leaning Western is well-acted and well-made, and in his second time up at bat as a writer/director, Viggo Mortensen proves that he’s much more than a mere lord of the rings.
Read more‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’: Fast, furious, and feminist!
May 31, 2024The self-declared feminist director’s new movie Furiosa, the latest installment of his Mad Max saga, is clearly women-driven.
Read more‘Monsters of the American Cinema’: Creatures from the Black and sexual lagoon
May 13, 2024St. Croix’s play dramatizes this above all else: What we have in common is more powerful than what keeps us apart.
Read moreTCM Festival 2024: The ‘Coachella of Classic Movies’ rides again in Hollywood
May 9, 2024So this year I looked forward to the April 18-21 TCM Classic Film Festival more than ever. At least I’d be able to enjoy TCM for four days without interruption, and as usual, I wasn’t disappointed.
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