Films like Breaking Fast introduce audiences to cultures that they may not be familiar with — that they may even be hostile to — but through conflicts and dreams that are universal, that revolve around family, love, and friendship.
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Film Review: “The White Tiger” — Class Warfare, Indian Style
This is a wicked and entertaining satire on the dizzying class conflicts roiling Indian society, a neo-Marxist story of masters and servants, money and corruption — a Horatio Alger tale with a devilish twist.
Film Review: “Azizler” (aka Stuck Apart) — Trapped Again
Azizler is a slow burn; unfortunately, the payoff isn’t worth the wait.
Film Review: “Epicentro” — An Affectionate View of Cuba
Politics is not the filmmaker’s interest in this lovely, affecting documentation of non-bureaucratic, everyday life in Havana.
Film Review: “Nomadland” — “Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost…”
Fern may be house-less, but she’s not homeless — there’s a difference, she explains; her home will be the road, and the road is full of life, love, challenges, and surprises, all there for the taking.
Film Commentary: “Nomadland” and Freedom’s Call — A Realistic Look at a Growing Subculture
Director Chloé Zhao evokes the refreshing experience of freedom felt at the end of a nomad’s typical work day.
Film Review: “MLK/FBI” — A Necessary Cautionary Tale
A powerful document about the persecution of an American icon and the government that tried to destroy him.
Film Review: “Pieces of a Woman” — “They give birth astride of a grave…”
Pieces of a Woman is an affecting film about the depths of mourning highlighted by Vanessa Kirby’s gut-wrenching lead performance.
Film Review: “Herself” — “Safe as Houses”
While the film is determinedly called “Herself “(“you got this, girl…”), the subtitle could equally have been “It Takes a Village…”
Film Review: Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place, Impeachment Edition — Stir-Crazy 14
Celebrate impeachment in your home with this critic’s fourteenth list of movies guaranteed to entertain.