When the name Green Book was read aloud as the winner of Best Picture at the 91st Oscars last week, it erupted a firestorm of controversy. While some pronounced the film as outdated and problematic in its portrayal of racial issues in today?s culture, others defended the film and authenticity. This week, we welcome back…
Most people know of Joseph Pulitzer because of the Pulitzer Prizes awarded each year. They may associate him with yellow journalism. But there is much more to this man as we discover in Joseph Pulitzer: The Voice of the People, opening in theaters and coming later to the PBS American Masters series. As Nicholson Baker…
Thirty years ago, Walt Disney Studios was experiencing a lull. Yes,?Who Framed Roger Rabbit??had done some exciting things with animation and live-action blended together, but the 1980s had only provided?The Fox & The Hound, The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective,?and?Oliver & Company… After?The Little Mermaid, Disney would break off a string of successes that…
With the release of LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART, Emmet, Wildstyle and the crew find themselves in the worst possible scenario?when everything isn?t awesome. When an attack from DUPLO invaders further disrupts their post-apocalyptic world, Emmett must travel to the far outreaches of the Systar System in order to rescue his friends from the…
In the port city of Buenaventura, Columbia, a young man and his friends struggle to escape their poverty. Their weapon in this war is dance.? In We Are the Heat, Harvey and his crew battle corruption, drug traffickers, and other dance crews as they try to find not just a new life, but redemption from…
I recently had the chance to take part in a roundtable interview with the directors of Birds of Passage, Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra. The film tells the story of a clan of indigenous people in Columbia who become involved with the drug trade, bringing ruin to their traditional values. Q: You?re telling a story…
Let’s be honest, the average moviegoer probably has no interest Alita: Battle Angel… and I was one of them, when the first trailer dropped. From the beginning, the CGI wasn’t working for me and?I wasn’t sold visually on the anime-style eyes. Then, a few months ago, more trailers came out and my interest was peaked….
A Star is Born tells the story of veteran musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) who, stumbling into a bar after a show, discovers?and immediately falls in love with?struggling artist Ally (Lady Gaga). Having just about given up on her dreams as a singer, Ally has never had an opportunity to showcase her talent until Jackson…
?If there?s family, there?s respect. If there?s respect, there?s honor. If there?s honor, there?s word. If there?s word, there?s peace.? Among the Wag?u people of northern Columbia, family is the basis for everything. If that is not cared for, step by step, all values will erode until society falls apart. In Birds of Passage, Columbia?s…
“Your life is full of love, whether you?recognize it or not.” -?Andrea Moodie?(Writer/Director, 52 Words for Love) 52 Words of Love tells the story of Alice, a young woman dying of cancer to launches the titular website, in which she posts a new synonym for love each week for a year. As the site gradually…
