“We break windows. We burn things. Because war is the only language men listen to,” Maud says in Suffragette, now playing in theaters across the U.S. Director Sara Gavron said, “Working (class) women often are the vanguard of change, and they’re often not recognized for that.” Another woman not recognized …
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Movie Review: ‘The Champions’ World Premiere at Hamptons Film Festival
On death row and needing a reprieve, the Michael Vick pit-bulls were considered dangerous by The Humane Society and PETA, and no one seemed to want them to take them in.
Read More »Darcy Dennett Talks ‘The Champions,’ Her Film About Michael Vick’s Dogs
The Champions is an amazing and heart-felt documentary about the “infamous” dogs that PETA and The Humane Society advocated should be euthanized because they were ferocious killers incapable of “rehabilitation.” These were the pit-bulls who had been rescued from the dog fighting compound of Michael Vick, the NFL Atlanta Falcon’s …
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Hallow,’ Irish Horror Directed by Corin Hardy
Hardy's feature debut is short on plot development but long on style and creepy atmosphere.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Director Adam Egypt Mortimer’s ‘Some Kind of Hate’ Tries to Breath New Life Into the Slasher Genre
"Some kind of Hate" will more than satisfy genre fans on any day of the week.
Read More »New York Film Festival Review: ‘Miles Ahead’ Starring Don Cheadle
Miles Davis is a legend whose life and music evokes anything but the tame and ordinary. Cheadle's film does Davis complete justice.
Read More »NYFF and Hamptons Film Festivals Review: ‘Son of Saul’
Only when we stand in another's shoes can we see from their perspective and begin to understand our own humanity. especially if its a Sonderkommando of Auschwitz.
Read More »NYC and Hamptons Film Fest Review: Michael Moore’s ‘Where to Invade Next’
Michael Moore's European invasion brings back the spoils of peace, equity and humanity reflected in some of the best practices and programs that Europe has to offer.
Read More »Hamptons International Film Festival Review: ‘Indian Point’
Indian Point is a nuclear power plant which is 50-years-old and is 35 miles from Manhattan. It's operating license expired in 2013 amidst contentions which must be resolved before renewal. Activists are demanding its closure.
Read More »Hamptons Film Festival Review: ‘The Uncondemned’ – World Premiere
"The Uncondemned," premiering at the Hamptons Film Festival The Uncondemned, reminds us of the courage and spirit required to bring justice to a region in people's hearts where evil had prospered under cover of fear, brutality and the threat of death.
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