MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM Review: Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon as her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927… Read more “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Category: History
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY Review: Follows Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, as she is targeted by the Federal Department… Read more “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
I Am Not Your Negro
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO Review: Raoul Peck envisions the book “Remember This House” that writer James Baldwin never finished. James Baldwin died in 1987, and left… Read more “I Am Not Your Negro”
Son of Saul
SON OF SAUL Review: Review: During World War II, a Jewish-Hungarian worker at the Auschwitz concentration camp is on a mission to try and find a rabbi… Read more “Son of Saul”
Six Minutes to Midnight
SIX MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT Review: In the summer of 1939, a secret agent takes up a teaching position at a boarding school with 20 German teen girls.… Read more “Six Minutes to Midnight”
A Call to Spy
A CALL TO SPY Review: It is the beginning of WWII and Winston Churchill orders his new spy agency called Special Operations Executive to recruit and train women… Read more “A Call to Spy”
The Dig
THE DIG Review: Basil Brown, an archaeologist, sets out to excavate the Sutton Hoo in 1938. Director: Simon Stone Actors: Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Danny… Read more “The Dig”
Where Hands Touch
WHERE HANDS TOUCH Review: In 1944, a 15-year old bi-racial girl in Nazi Germany meets a member of the Hitler Youth. Director: Amma Asante Actors: Abbie Cornish,… Read more “Where Hands Touch”
Mank
MANK Review: A biopic drama in which screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941). Director: David Fincher Actors: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried,… Read more “Mank”
Sergio
SERGIO Review: A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, where a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,… Read more “Sergio”
