A movie that struggles, like the President, to dig deeper, or just simply do enough to try and be liked.
Director: Rob Reiner/2017
Woody Harrelson seems to ...
"There Is No New Thing Under The Sun."
Directed by Raoul Peck / 2016
From the beginning, let me be clear. I won't do this extraordinary piece of art justice...
Overly Ambitious Civil Rights Story Doesn't Quite Add Up
DIRECTED BY THEODORE MELFI/2016
Hidden Figures is a film that's spinning a lot of plates. There's th...
Compelling Documentary on America's Past (and Present) Racial Injustice
#33: 13th (2016)
Director: Ava Duvernay
I am a white woman living near St. Louis;...
"Masterpiece" Documentary is a Turgid March of Nazi Propaganda
#24: Triumph of the Will
Director: Leni Riefenstahl/German/1935
Fascism is boring. I suspect...
Gay Rights Film Is A Failure On Every Level
DIRECTOR: ROLAND EMMERICH/2015
Let’s have a brief moment of sympathy for Roland Emmerich: a gay man himself, he...
A Fresh Look at the Champion's Biggest Fights Outside of the Ring
Director: BILL SIEGEL/2013
The Trials of Muhammad Ali is a 2013 documentary from filmmaker...
The 2011 Documentary Pastiche Address Civil Rights Then and Now.
DIRECTED BY GÖRAN HUGO OLSSON/2011
Black Power Mixtape does not succumb. It is a documentar...
