Citizen Four (2014)
A doc shows in real time whistleblower Edward Snowden’s interview in Hong Kong & journalists working to challenge the US’s secret spying on its own citizens & foreign leaders.
The Fabulous Four (2024)
The title might make some think of the Beatles, but this is not a musical film but rather another contribution to the genre of films focusing on rambunctious senior citizens—you know, movies like Eighty for Brady, The Book Club, and Summer Camp. Jocelyn Moorhouse, directing from Ann Marie Allison and Jenna Milly raunchy script, have …
Snowden (2016)
Edward Snowden’s release of secret government files is told through flashbacks as he describes to journalist the US government’s illegal spying on millions.
Good Kill (2015)
From their control room at an AF base near Las Vegas a team uses drones to kill terrorists in Afghanistan, a seemingly clean way, but problems produce guilty feelings.
Reactions to This Year’s Oscars Winners
Like most viewers I was both happy and disappointed with the winners at the 86th Academy Award ceremony. Let’s begin with the “happy” choices. My biggest thrill was the choice of and performance of the “Best Song,” “Glory.” As I wrote in my review of Selma,” I don’t know how the film will fare …
60th Anniversary of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, my journals, part 4
This time in Part 8 of my Journal I start by mentioning our failure to draw students for a Freedom School–not everthing was successful– and then move on to describe our meeting with the most striking person that I have ever met, Fanny Lou Hamer. It was at a Freedom Rally in Cleveland, the county …
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Civil War (2024)
Many angry citizens, who are upset over seemingly intractable political disputes, have talked about civil war breaking out in our nation, would do well to watch writer/director Alex Garland’s Civil War. It is a cautionary film, told through the eyes of four journalists, and it is not an uplifting story. One of its lessons is …
Rustin (2023)
The story behind the 1963 March on Washington is well-told, including the frank depiction of the genius leading its planning, Bayard Rustin.
Elemental (2023)
Though of different elements, Ember and Wade fall in love & seek to save Elemental City together.
The Good House (2021)
A money-strapped alcoholic woman in a New England town rekindles a romance with an old flame & amidst tragedy faces up to her problem.