• December 24, 2013
• At Home, Drama

The release of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom could not have been more timely. I saw a press screening within a week of his death being announced, which prompted...

• November 22, 2013
• At Home, Drama

Told with an unflinching eye by director Steve McQueen (Shame, Hunger), the story centers on Solomon Northrup (Chiwetel Ejiofor, in a riveting performance that has Best Actor written all...

• October 26, 2013
• At Home, Documentary, Television

It is probably not an understatement to say that some of the revelations in this epic series, Latino Americans, are a surprise. Each episode highlights a few fascinating people...

• September 23, 2013
• At Home, Drama

Spike Lee’s sprawling labor of love Malcolm X was released in 1992, the same year as the explosive race riots prompted by the beating of Rodney King by L.A....

• March 29, 2010
• At Home, Drama

American Violet is one of those awful (i.e. brilliant and compelling) movies like Felon that rattles you to the core from the very beginning, then leaves you in knots...

• July 27, 2009
• At Home, Drama, Family

Mary White is the true tale of a feisty, opinionated young woman who loved fast horses.  Sometimes she was so feisty and opinionated that it seemed as though someone...

• February 28, 2007
• At Home, Drama

Despite all of its earnestness and good educational intentions, Amazing Grace reminds me of one of those historical movies about an important figure that you were forced to watch...