(this film appeared as part of the recent Sundance Film Festival’s selection) Martyrdom. Not everyone deserves it but when someone truly earns the moniker, their life can (or should) change the world. Director Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah” is confirmation that Fred Hampton was a true witness to his cause and his community. A man of passion and commitment, he was cut down at ... more >
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SUNDANCE: “JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH”; America is on fire, it sure was then, also
A new time for revolution
Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield and Jesse Plemons
Directed by Shaka King
An intellectual tonic filled with pleasurable mysteries: “I’m thinking of ending things” (REVIEW)
From the director of "Synecdoche, New York"
Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley and Toni Collette
Directed by Charlie Kaufman
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” This Oscar Wilde quote, spoken by a character in the new film “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” is the perfect key to help viewers unlock its many thematic mysteries. By this film’s end, you will certainly have questions. You will be confused and perplexed and possibly ... more >
SHORT TAKES: HAPPINESS RUNS
By STAFF - April 7, 2010Little by little, Victor starts to notice the cracks in the utopic ideals of the hippie commune where he was raised. His mother helps to fund it while the guru, Insley, hypnotizes and seduces women with a technique he calls “running.” Insley manipulates the minds of these women so that they give him their bodies and all their worldly possessions. Victor’s childhood love, ... more >