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12 Years a Slave
It’s remarkable, when you think about it, how few serious American film dramas have dealt with the subject of American slavery. Of course we...
Blue is the Warmest Color
I like directors that can fill a big canvas, make films that you can be immersed in, an experience rather than just an event....
Mother of George
The well-crafted drama Mother of George takes place in one of those small communities from overseas transplanted into urban American society, in this case...
Inequality For All
Inequality for All is the title of a documentary by Jacob Kornbluth, which examines the extraordinary disparity in wealth between the richest Americans and...
I Walked With a Zombie
For your Halloween pleasure this year, I offer the 1943 film I Walked With a Zombie. It’s from the famous horror unit at RKO...
Concussion
Concussion is a film that immerses us in the everyday and mundane, until after a series of questionable decisions by an unsteady main character,...