Using the end of World War II as a backdrop, “In My Mother’s Skin” finds a young family struggling against the military powers of the Japanese occupation to stay alive. For the most part,...
Director and documentarian Madeleine Gavin’s latest film “Beyond Utopia” made its Sundance Film Festival premiere Saturday, Jan. 21. The documentary follows several North Korean defectors,...
Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as “Little Richard,” is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. The documentary “Little Richard:...
“Plane,” the latest action-thriller from producer/actor Gerard Butler, follows the star Brodie Torrence, a pilot forced to make an emergency landing on a hostile militarized island. Concerned...
From writer, director and fashion designer Walé Oyéjidé, whose brand has been featured in “Black Panther” and “Coming 2 America,” “Bravo, Burkina!” follows a Burkinabè immigrant...
A Grim Fairytale
Set on Chiloé Island in the late 1800s, “Sorcery” (or “Brujería”) is a dark revenge fantasy set in a colonial era. The film focuses in on themes of coming of age and the hidden...
There's a certain exhaustion that is felt when anyone hears that yet another Pinocchio adaption is being released. With countless mediocre or just plain bad adaptations that have been released...
All throughout the world, there are many forms of art celebrated and loved by many. We find pleasure in our favorite songs, paintings, books, films, dance and fashion, but it raises the question...
The horror genre carries a complicated history and certain magnetism for marginalized identities. Horror frightens audiences by showing them the unacceptable and undesirable — things that go...
'Tis the season for our favorite holiday traditions. Starting Dec. 1, radios are tuned to holiday channels, homes are decorated with lights and nutcrackers, and Tchaikovsky is played in shopping...
