“We will not ask for freedom. We will not wait for freedom to be handed to us. We will take freedom!? As one might expect from the title, Antoine Fuqua?s Emancipation is a story of freedom. The true story the film is based on involves a photo known as ?Whipped Peter? (the man?s actual name…
Set upon a fictional island off the coast of Ireland, The Banshees of Inisherin tells the story of Padraic (Colin Farrell), a man who spends his days caring for the sheep and chatting with his pal Colm (Brendan Gleeson) at the local pub. But today is different. When Colm won?t answer his calls for their daily pint,…
Abraham Lincoln ? The Great Emancipator. Well, yes and no. In Lincoln?s Dilemma, showing on Apple TV+, we see a much more complicated picture of Lincoln?s presidency, especially as it relates to the abolition of slavery. The series, directed by Jacqueline Olive and Barak Goodman, is done in a style popularized by Ken Burns, in…
While we fill the days and nights of self-isolation, this is a great time to discover films that we may have overlooked?especially films from long ago. Buster Keaton?s The General, a 1926 silent film, is thought by some, including Orson Wells and BFI?s Sight & Sound magazine, to be the greatest comedy of all time….
Harriet Tubman was an incredible woman and remains an important part of our history. Born Araminta “Minty” Ross, and later changing her name to Harriet Tubman (inspired by her mother and husband), she would ultimately be nicknamed ?Moses?, a leader to freedom. A conductor of the Underground Railroad, she not only escaped slavery herself, but…
Harriet Tubman was an incredible woman and remains an important part of our history. Born Araminta “Minty” Ross, and later changing her name to Harriet Tubman (inspired by her mother and husband), she would ultimately be nicknamed ?Moses?, a leader to freedom. A conductor of the Underground Railroad, she not only escaped slavery herself, but…
What is it that corrupts our lives? In The Beguiled, Sofia Coppola?s Southern Gothic film set in the Civil War, there seems to be a world that is pure and innocent. But is it really? Is this a fall from grace, or was there a state of grace to begin with?
Communication is the lifeblood of today?s society, helping to make sense of life?yet many of us don?t know the history of how it came to be.
Free State of Jones contains good performances and discussion-worthy issues, but director Gary Ross presents them in an piecemeal and uneven manner, ruining what could’ve been something special.
Since we?re only a few short days (hours?) from the release of Avengers 2.5… er? Captain America: Civil War, anticipation for the film has reached a fever pitch. Every bus, cereal box and toothbrush seems to be emblazoned with either #TeamCap or #TeamIronMan. Tickets have been selling out at a record pace weeks (WEEKS!) before…
