'Women is Losers' displays extraordinary talent, but some of the creative decisions undercut its potential power.
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2021 SXSW Film Festival Review ‘Executive Order’
This dynamic, often poetic dystopian thriller draws one in with its immediacy. Shot on location in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it's set in the distant future, but its contemporary issues prove stunning.
Read More »Film Q&A: ‘Miss Virginia’ and the Real Miss Virginia
'Miss Virginia' tells the story of community activist Virginia Walden Ford and her fight to mobilize citizens of Washington, DC, to achieve better, safer schools.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Garden Left Behind’
'The Garden Left Behind' is one of those rare movies which manages to convey a message without sacrificing quality. If you care about human rights see this movie.
Read More »Film Review: ‘The Dark Divide’ with David Cross and Debra Messing – Dark but Hopeful
A timid butterfly expert sets out across "The Dark Divide" in search of butterflies, but finds secrets about nature and himself.
Read More »Anthem Film Festival Review and Interview: ‘What’s Your Number’ Brings Hope and Holocaust
A young boy who never heard of the Holocaust joins an old man on a park bench. They talk and history becomes alive for them both.
Read More »Anthem Film Festival: Films on the Freedom to Be, Move, and Give Birth
Freedom can be lost in little steps, from buttons on an overcoat to Zoom meetings. These films explore past, present and future threats.
Read More »‘Radioactive’ Movie Review, and a Q&A with Screenwriter Jack Thorne
Rosamund Pike plays Marie Curie who introduced the world to radium, an element that did "not behave as it should." Neither did she.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Sometimes, Always, Never’ – Bill Nighy & Sam Riley
Sometimes, Always, Never, staring Bill Nighy and Sam Riley, is one of those thoughtful, intelligent movie that are becoming harder and harder to find.
Read More »Movie Review: Tribeca Film Festival/Hot Docs Winner ‘499’
In '499' Rodrigo Reyes suggests that Mexico's murderous history of Spanish colonialism influences contemporary drug-cartel kidnappings and killings.
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