Review
Nobody reading about Rebecca “Beka” Ntsanwisi, aka “Mama Beka,” can feel anything but good. This extraordinary South African woman has built a network of soccer teams made up of grandmothers throughout her country.
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Indie films of worth made by people with talent are falling into the cracks, and that’s sadly the fate of Out and About, a smart, beautifully shot and acted movie by Peter Callahan.
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Four features and one short that explore aspects of Jewish history from its impact on the earliest origins of the United States to the ongoing struggles of the state of Israel.
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A talented cast does its best to add buoyancy to a script weighted down in palaver.
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From beginning to end, the Aizuri Quartet’s performance delivered invigorating delights.
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Most of this documentary is so beautiful the temptation is to switch off the preachy, didactic soundtrack and just watch and watch.
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The Romanian director has crafted a grueling fable about hate, lies, and misinformation in a small Transylvanian town.
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This gaunt historical narrative examines “love and faith and the fear of God” while also taking on issues of colonialism and masculinity. For the most part, the grand scheme is pulled off.
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Journalist Alissa Quart is hardly the first on the left to lament the dark underbelly of American individualism.
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This pared-down staging of Tony Kushner’s 30 year-old masterpiece invites some reflection, even a kind of nostalgia. But blazing through — with seraphic force — is the harsh reality of how insane we have become.
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