What Happened to the Legacy of Miss Nina Simone?
Recently, in the midst of driving around, my iTunes shuffle landed on the track “Down So Low” from Chocolate Genius, …
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How Big Is Gerard Butler?
It’s a legitimate question to ask as we prepare to enter the second consecutive weekend of major mainstream releases featuring …
Appreciating the Art and Soul of Film Criticism
Last week, I joined the legion of readers descending, en masse, upon bookstores and Amazon for a chance to delve …
Still Running the Tragic American ‘Race’
The question of who is deserving of a biopic came to mind as I watched director Stephen Hopkins — television …
Protecting ‘Son of Saul’
Walking the path of another and gaining a different perspective gets lauded often. Film sometimes allows for an uncomfortably literal …
Festival of Plenty
When it comes to film, everybody loves a catchy tagline. And the 2016 edition of the Mayerson JCC Jewish & …
45 Years
Can an encounter, an event or a person from the distant past erase vivid experiences that followed? Geoff (Tom Courtenay) …
The Motion Picture Academy’s Rush to Diversity
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has heard the grumblings, and now it seems it’s letting the opposing …
Better to Be Alone in ‘Mojave’
The tortured artist stands as one of the most iconic of human figures. Whether through an investigation of the senses …
Waking Up To ‘Good Morning Karachi’
There’s a funny thing about social and cultural issues in modern society; actually, the debate starts with the whole idea …
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