There was a time not that long ago when controversial documentaries like Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” (2004), about the Bush…
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I had real trepidations about seeing “A Complete Unknown,” James Mangold’s painstaking rendering of Bob Dylan’s arrival on the folk…
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Director Agnieska Holland comes from the generation of post-war filmmakers who grew up under a totalitarian regime in Poland. The…
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Everyone obviously has a different idea of what constitutes a perfect day, but it is unlikely that anyone other than…
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The past lives referred to in writer/director Celine Song’s emotionally complex and delicate debut feature, “Past Lives,” are not only…
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More than thirty-five years after Robert Townsend’s groundbreaking film “Hollywood Shuffle” parodied the roles open to Black actors in Hollywood—pimps,…
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When Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” came out in 1985, the author said that the violence against women…
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George Bernard Shaw said, “Life is not about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself.” American Artists understand this perhaps better…
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At a time of widespread gender confusion, there is no ambiguity about writer/director Jane Campion’s view of toxic masculinity. It…
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Creating an emotionally compelling documentary from material with an already well-known ending depends on the skill and commitment of the…
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