films
Progie nominations are in for 2016’s best progressive films and filmmakers
January 24, 2017Nominees this year include: Nate Parker, Viggo Mortensen, a biopic about a Chilean poet, a documentary about James Baldwin, and more.
Read moreMasterful “Neruda” film opens on December 16
December 15, 2016“We invented a world, just as Neruda invented his. The film we made is more a ‘Nerudian’ film than it is a film about Neruda, or perhaps it’s both.”
Read more“Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”: Militarism inconclusively critiqued
December 9, 2016Ang Lee is a great director, but his latest offering gives us a pyrrhic victory; a worthy build-up followed by a perfunctory conclusion.
Read moreBlack, Southern, poor, gay, male: Alternate images in “Moonlight”
November 21, 2016This is honest filmmaking at its best, marking a milestone in the development of Black-oriented cinema in America.
Read moreTerror and torture: The spiral of endless war
November 21, 2016The contradiction of "the war on terror": the means used to fight it are effective recruiting devices for terrorists themselves.
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