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    Wild Rose

    Featuring an ex-con from gritty Glasgow with Nashville dreams, played by a-star-is-born Jessie Buckley.

    By |June 22nd, 2019|British|0 Comments

      High Life

      In French director Claire Denis’s first film set in the future and on a space ship, human relationships are still central.

      By |June 20th, 2019|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Sci-fi|0 Comments

        Shoah: Four Sisters

        A timely response to the persistence of Holocaust denial and the Polish government’s attempt to make it illegal to accuse that nation of complicity.

        By |May 9th, 2019|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

          Sobibor

          A brutal and Putin-approved work of Holocaust education.

          By |March 29th, 2019|War|0 Comments

            The Brink

            The “evil genius” of Trump’s campaign seeks like-minded rightists at home and abroad.

            By |March 29th, 2019|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

              The Mustang

              Where home on the beautiful range is a prison.

              By |March 14th, 2019|Western|0 Comments

                Woman at War

                The amusing adventures of an eco-terrorist in Iceland.

                By |February 28th, 2019|Satire|0 Comments

                  Vice

                  Writer/director Adam McKay’s entertaining and irreverent account of Dick Cheney’s political and personal saga.

                  By |December 31st, 2018|Biopic, Featured|0 Comments

                    On the Basis of Sex

                    The feel-good movie of the year on the triumph over gender discrimination.

                    By |December 28th, 2018|Biopic|2 Comments