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Director Stéphane Brizé Depicts Class Struggle With Dark Realism in ‘At War’
Few films portray working people realistically. One thinks of rare movies such as Hollywood’s Norma Rae, the independent Salt…
Lessons on Grassroots Campaigning from ‘Councilwoman’
Carmen Castillo is a housekeeper. A Dominican immigrant, she is raising three kids and lives in an impoverished neighborhood…
‘American Woman’ and More From the Tribeca Film Fest
American Woman, directed by Semi Chellas The Patty Hearst story is an odd, murky chapter in recent U.S. history,…
The American Worker Gets the Spotlight at the Tribeca Film Fest
Established in response to the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Tribeca Film Festival has, since…
Lessons from ‘The Brink’ With Steve Bannon
Over the course of Alison Klayman’s new biopic The Brink, Steve Bannon utters a number of chilling lines, but…
There Are a Deluge of Feminist Films Screening in NYC This Month
Not one woman was nominated for Best Director in the 2019 Academy Awards. But this month many festivals in…
Astra Taylor’s ‘What is Democracy?’ Offers No Simple Answers
Winston Churchill famously said, “democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have…
‘¡Las Sandinistas!’: A Revolution Remembered
Las Sandinistas, a new feature-length documentary film that examines the Nicaraguan revolution of the 1980’s, arrives in theaters at…
Coming Out On the Field: ‘Mario’ Confronts Taboo in Men’s Sports
After premiering to acclaim in Europe, Mario — a moving coming-of-age tale of love, homoeroticism and repression within the…