For me, the power of In the Fog (2013, Sergei Loznitsa) – a gritty, raw film depicting the painful brutalities and atrocities during Germany’s occupation of the territory of Belarus…
Month: November 2016
Disturbingly, Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency suggests a sociopathy in America, making the film (and novel) American Psycho even more relevant today. As I’ve said elsewhere (see my horror…
Philomena (2013, Stephen Frears), one of the most important films of 2013, is one in a long line of powerful contemporary films (Spotlight, The Magdalene Sisters, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence…
In its profound depiction of a vital historical moment and in its resonance of women’s issues today Iron Jawed Angels is indeed an important feminist film. I had intended this…
Strikingly, Bulworth prefigures the rise of Trump but more importantly enlightens us on the corporate takeover of our democracy and a way out of this corporatocracy. In this extraordinary year…