It’s a terrific miniseries. Click the title to read my entire review.
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Black lovers Tish & Fonny run up against prejudice & injustice when he is arrested on false charges and imprisoned while she tries to prove his innocence.
Red Sparrow (2018)
A Russian ballerina forced to become a spy is charged with seducing a CIA agent to discover a mole in Russian intelligence.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MO (2017)
A mother grieving over the unsolved rape-murder of her daughter hires 3 billboards to prod the police chief to more action, leading to unexpected results.
Marshall (2017)
A terrific film about the early work of Thurgood Marshall. Click the image to read my entire review.
The Salesman (2016)
An Iranian couple starring in an amateur production of Death of a Salesman find their lives upended when the wife is raped in their new apartment, the film now becoming a vengeance tale.
The Innocents (2016)
This haunting film, set in the aftermath of WWII, is one you shouldn’t miss. Click the image to read my entire review.
ROSEWOOD (1997)
In 1923 when whites, fueled by a rumor that a black man raped a white woman, attack & set fire to the black town of Rosewood Florida, a white & a black man face a hard choice–should they help the black?
The Secret Life of Words (2005)
Isabel Coixet’s 2005 film is such a sensitive study of human anguish and potential healing that I’m urging you to seek it out. Click the image to read my entire review.
Dead Man Walking (1995)
A nun risks upsetting her colleagues, her family, & parents of two dead lovers by becoming the spiritual counselor to the vain man who raped & killed them.