Justin Simien’s Dear White People hammers home the message that everyone is always more complicated than the color of their skin. Since the shooting of Michael...
TV and film
Directed by Ridley Scott (20th Century Fox, 2014) Exodus: Gods and Kings tells what should be a familiar story: A man raised as Pharaoh’s son discovers...
Millennials are hesitant to pass judgment on the importance of marriage, but that doesn’t mean they don’t believe in saying “I do.” The closing scene of the...
Directed by Theodore Melfi (The Weinstein Company, 2014) St. Vincent follows the growing friendship between Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher), a shrimpy misfit...
Directed by Angelina Jolie (Universal, 2014) Many films have been inspired by World War II, and it’s no question Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken can...
Directed by Alex Ross Perry (Tribeca Film, 2014) Human beings are gifted with the ability to learn from our mistakes, yet we are also creatures of habit. And...
In Ken Burns’ powerful new documentary, Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor need no embellishing. Earlier this year President Obama admitted in an interview with...
Directed by Francis Lawrence (LionsGate, 2014) The third film in the The Hunger Games dystopian franchise, Mockingjay—Part 1, opens on a...
The question of what makes a movie ideal for Christmas, the day we commemorate and celebrate Jesus’ birth, is subjective. It often depends completely on the...
As student loan debt surpasses U.S. credit card debt, documentaries ask the tough questions about a college education. For at least the past 30 years, since...
