The Birth of a Nation: Paid in Blood
It was going so well for The Birth of a Nation this past winter. Debuting just after the Oscars had nominated yet another slate...
Voiceless: Abort! Abort!
Maybe you saw “God Is a Boob Man,” Saturday Night Live’s parody of contemporary Christian movies, when it aired this past spring. After sitting...
Hollywood Round-Up
Oscar season has started to get into swing with the release this week of three big Hollywood movies based on real-life stories or well-known...
Boxer Willie
You should always be suspicious of homeless dramas that star Oscar-nominated Hollywood actors. There are so many different ways that such movies can go...
Snowden: Whitehat
In some ways, Oliver Stone suits an Edward Snowden biopic perfectly. Who better to tell the story of this generation’s foremost government whistle-blower than...
Water Landing
Named for US Airways pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, Clint Eastwood’s film tells the real-life story of how, in January 2009, Sullenberger and co-pilot Jeff...
Susana Gibb’s Movie Dreams
For someone who’s been acting in TV and film for more than 20 years, Susana Gibb is surprisingly ambivalent about her chosen profession. The...
Morgan Has Broken
Maybe you saw The Witch and wondered what else its young star, Anya Taylor-Joy, might be capable of. Morgan represents your first chance to...
Equity: The Women of Wall Street
I’ll admit, it never occurred to me that we might need a female version of all those high-finance dramas that we’ve seen ever since...
Southside With You: Obama Afternoon
Barack Obama isn’t out of office yet, and already I’m nostalgic for his presidency. I’d probably appreciate his easy communication and cool leadership in...
