LITHUANIANS MOURN IN ASHES IN THE SNOW Made for about $5,000, Ashes in the Snow (Tarp pilku debesu) is based on the novel Between Shades of Gray, which dramatizes how Lithuanians were treated by the conquering Soviets during World War II. Beginning with a calm day in a Lithuanian town in early 1941, the film focuses on the fate […]
VOTING CONTINUES ON NOMINATIONS FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2018 Each year the Political Film Society gives awards for the best politically oriented films, and 2018 has fewer than 2017. No films were nominated in the categories DEMOCRACY or PEACE. Six were nominated for HUMAN RIGHTS. Eleven were nominated for best EXPOSÉ Political Film Society rules require the number of nominated
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VOTING BEGINS ON NOMINATIONS FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2018 Each year the Political Film Society gives awards for the best politically oriented films, and 2018 has fewer than 2017. No films were nominated in the categories DEMOCRACY or PEACE. Six were nominated for HUMAN RIGHTS. Eleven were nominated for best EXPOSÉ Political Film Society rules require the number of nominated
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ON THE BASIS OF SEX CELEBRATES RUTH BADER GINSBURG’S STRUGGLE The film On the Basis of Sex is a biopic of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1993 and has authored landmark rulings to bring gender equality to the United States. The focus is on her extraordinary quest to be accepted
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ON THE BASIS OF SEX CELEBRATES RUTH BADER GINSBURG’S STRUGGLE The film On the Basis of Sex is a biopic of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1993 and has authored landmark rulings to bring gender equality to the United States. The focus is on her extraordinary quest to be accepted
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VICE DEMONIZES DICK CHENEY A choppy biopic of Dick Cheney (played by Christopher Bale), Vice begins chronologically in 1963, when Cheney is an alcoholic troublemaker. Soon his wife Lynne (Amy Adams) issues an ultimatum—make something of your life or divorce. Cheney begins his political career in 1969 by serving as a Congressional intern during the Nixon presidency. Impressed
VICE DEMONIZES DICK CHENEY A choppy biopic of Dick Cheney (played by Christopher Bale), Vice begins chronologically in 1963, when Cheney is an alcoholic troublemaker. Soon his wife Lynne (Amy Adams) issues an ultimatum—make something of your life or divorce. Cheney begins his political career in 1969 by serving as a Congressional intern during the Nixon presidency. Impressed
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MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS IS ANOTHER REMINDER OF SCOTLAND’S INDEPENDENCE The film The Outlaw King, released last month, ends in 1314, when Scotland secures sovereignty at the Battle of Bannockburn, with the monarch Robert I on the throne. England formally recognized Scotland’s independence in 1328. When Robert I died the following year, his 5-year-old son David II
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MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS IS ANOTHER REMINDER OF SCOTLAND’S INDEPENDENCE The film The Outlaw King, released last month, ends in 1314, when Scotland secures sovereignty at the Battle of Bannockburn, with the monarch Robert I on the throne. England formally recognized Scotland’s independence in 1328. When Robert I died the following year, his 5-year-old son David II
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GREEN BOOK FOCUSES ON A BLACK PIANIST IN THE SEGREGATED SOUTH Dr. Don Shirley (played by Mahershala Ali) was a Jamaican-born American musician whose talents Igor Stravinsky described as “virtuosity is worthy of Gods.” After studying and performing in his youth, he decided to pursue a doctorate of Music, Psychology, and Liturgical Arts. The film Green Book features
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