Though Just Mercy is a relatively by-the-book procedural, it is actually better than its trailer suggests, portraying a solemn lawyer promising justice for an unjustly imprisoned death row inmate. Wit…
Measured, thoughtful and, at times, quite moving, Stewart’s political drama tracks Bahari – an Iranian-Canadian – in the days before his arrest in June 2009, and his subsequent incarceration. In Iran …
Kiss of the Spider Woman is one weird movie, but it's also about as complex and intriguing as a film can be. It takes place almost entirely in a tiny South American prison cell, and focuses on the int…
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 until the bitter end. Based on a…
