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Movie Review: ‘Rabin, The Last Day’ at the 25th New York Jewish Film Festival
Yitzak Rabin remains a symbol of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, a process that many hope will never take place.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘(T)ERROR,’ Sundance Film Festival (2015) Candescent Award Winner
When documentarians Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe secretly filmed Saeed working as a paid informant in an on the ground FBI sting operation, never did they imagine their filming would lead where it did.
Read More »Middleburg Film Festival Review: ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’
Kent Jones's 'Hitchcock/Truffaut' is a brilliantly executed glimpse into the minds of two masters in cinema.
Read More »2015 Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Palio’ in Its World Premiere
The Palio, the phenomenal horse race which has been held every summer since 1238 in Siena, Italy is indescribable in its beauty, its corruptions and its excitement. The Palio's culture and the strategies necessary to understand in order to win the race have been like following a dark passage into the arcane unknown, until now.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘The Last Pogo Jumps Again’ – Punk Toronto Lives
The Last Pogo is a brilliant documentary recounting the people and places of Toronto Canada's punk rock scene from 1976-78.
Read More »Interview With ‘1971’ Director Johanna Hamilton
Sometimes people have to do things that are courageous and even controversial in order to stimulate conversations about checks and balances that are the lifeblood of democracy.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Looking For Johnny – The Legend Of Johnny Thunders’
Helps keep the memory of Thunders alive and reminds of what he meant to popular music and those who loved him.
Read More »New York Film Festival: ‘Stray Dog’
Biker, Vietnam vet, Christian, father, friend, neighbor. Ron "Stray Dog" Hall is all of these and much more in Debra Granik's riveting "slice-of-life" documentary about a working class American.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘I Am Eleven’
'I Am Eleven' is an uplifting film that reminds us of our own inner goodness and innocence in a time when such reminders are often few and far between. Bailey has shone her spotlight on children's viewpoints around the world who share the same age, 11 years old. She affirms what we need to recognize in times of peace and conflict, that despite cultural differences, we all hope for love, peace and harmony.
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