Love in Defiance of Politics and Tradition
#43: A UNITED KINGDOM
DIRECTED BY AMMA ASANTE/2017
When history is taught well it's not simply about names and ...
Art, Youth, and Protest in the Arab Spring
#42: As I Open My Eyes (2015/In Tunisian Arabic and French, with English Subtitles)
Director: Leyla Bouzid
DVD R...
An Action-Thriller of a Political Documentary
#40: Hooligan Sparrow (2016/English and Mandarin, with English subtitles)
Director: Nanfu Wang
Street Date: ...
#39: EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
DIRECTED BY KELLY FREMON CRAIG/2016
High school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) is a mess. She's bright and funny, but also neurot...
Will Their Marriage Survive This Loss?
#38: PARAISO (2013)/Spanish with English subtitltes
Director: Mariana Chenillo
Street Date: November 8, 2016/KINO L...
Julie Taymor Delivers Shakespearean Horror on a Grand Scale
#37: Titus (1999)
Director: Julie Taymor
I watched Titus a few days before Halloween, and my ...
#36: CERTAIN WOMEN
DIRECTED BY KELLY REICHARDT/2016
It took me only a few minutes to fall in love with Certain Women. An early shot of a man and women dre...
Beatles Songs Don't Let Me Down; Overwrought Plot Does
#35: Across the Universe (2007)
Director: Julie Taymor
It was such an ambitious project, this movi...
Documentary Hopes to Help You Love the Skin You're In
#34: Embrace (2016)
Director: Taryn Brumfitt
One of the grotesque elements of this campaign year ha...
