SUBURBICON IS GEORGE CLOONEY’S NOIR FILM Depicting the era when Donald Trump believes that “America was great,” director George Clooney goes too far in demonstrating that the 1950s were a time of trouble in the suburbs. Although the first Levittown, which started sales in 1947, offered quickly built homes with modern conveniences and white picket fences […]
TOM OF FINLAND SPANS THE ERA FROM HOMOPHOBIA TO ACCEPTANCE The biopic of Touro Laaksonen, known as Tom of Finland (played by Pekka Strang) begins by explaining why the very talented artist, born in a town in Finland during 1920, became the premier gay artist of all time. During the war with the Soviet Union, he
TOM OF FINLAND SPANS THE ERA FROM HOMOPHOBIA TO ACCEPTANCE The biopic of Touro Laaksonen, known as Tom of Finland (played by Pekka Strang) begins by explaining why the very talented artist, born in a town in Finland during 1920, became the premier gay artist of all time. During the war with the Soviet Union, he
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THE DIVINE ORDER REVEALS HOW SWISS TREATED WOMEN BEFORE THEY COULD VOTE Although not intended as a companion of The Breadwinner, the film The Divine Order provides a comparison between how women are badly treated by the Taliban today and Switzerland before 1971. Once again, a distorted interpretation of religion is the basis for mistreatment. The Divine Order is situated in
THE BREADWINNER EXPOSES HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS UNDER THE TALIBAN The United States has been at war with the Taliban in Afghanistan since 2001. Some want American troops to pull out right away, leaving the country to its fate. The Breadwinner, directed by Nora Twomey, gives a picture of what that would mean for the Afghan people, particularly
TRAFFICKED DEPICTS ACTUAL CONDITIONS OF SEX SLAVES Among many films on human trafficking, the scariest by far is Trafficked, directed by Will Wallace. The film, which only claims to be inspired by true events, is based on the book Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery by Siddharth Kara. The focus is on three young girls—Amba (played by
TRAFFICKED DEPICTS ACTUAL CONDITIONS OF SEX SLAVES Among many films on human trafficking, the scariest by far is Trafficked, directed by Will Wallace. The film, which only claims to be inspired by true events, is based on the book Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery by Siddharth Kara. The focus is on three young girls—Amba (played by
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MARSHALL IS THE MOST ELOQUENT FILM OF THE YEAR From beginning to end, the dialog of Marshall is a filmviewer’s dream—a plot that might seem ordinary becomes poetry of the likes of Langston Hughes (briefly played by Jussie Smollett), a classmate of Thurgood Marshall. The protagonist is a young attorney named Thurgood Marshall (played by Chadwick Boseman), who narrates that
MARSHALL IS THE MOST ELOQUENT FILM OF THE YEAR From beginning to end, the dialog of Marshall is a filmviewer’s dream—a plot that might seem ordinary becomes poetry of the likes of Langston Hughes (briefly played by Jussie Smollett), a classmate of Thurgood Marshall. The protagonist is a young attorney named Thurgood Marshall (played by Chadwick Boseman), who narrates that
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THE FATE OF FJORDS IN THE FUTURE OF NORWAY IN THE KING’S CHOICENorway played a unique role during World War II. Titles at the beginning of the film inform filmviewers that Norway became independent of Sweden in 1905, when King Haakon VII (played by Jesper Christiansen) was imported from Denmark, where his brother was on the