Exuding a guerilla theater, agitprop vibe (with touches here and there of vaudeville and live sketch comedy), F.T.A. is a thrilling expression of pacifism and accountability directed at the military.
Jane Fonda
Television Review: “Jane Fonda in Five Acts”
The more we hear Jane Fonda’s homilies about needing to be “whole” and “self-actualize” the more her personal journey sounds more like a succession of carefully calculated branding exercises.
Film Review: “Youth”—A Moving Meditation on Time, Art, and the Body
Ruminations on age and memory are inevitably sunk deep into the flesh and the glue of personal relationships.
Film Review: “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” — Powerful But Ambitious to a Fault
There are plenty of intensely moving moments in this expansive biopic, based very loosely on a real White House butler named Eugene Allen, who was profiled by Wil Haygood in a 2008 Washington Post feature.
Movie Review: “Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding”? Boomer Baloney
Here is what I learned from watching the film Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding: Boomers are being sold down the river.