City of God (Cidade de Deus), codirected by Katia Lund and Fernando Meirelles, is a film from Brazil that portrays the chaos of life in the slums of Río de Janeiro. The film is based on the novel of the same title by Paulo Lins, who lived in the slum for thirty years. Accordingly, the […]
In New York, a bailiff does not immediately escort a person sentenced to prison to a paddy wagon en route to prison. Instead, a convicted felon may be allowed to settle affairs before reporting by a particular time to court-ordered confinement. That is the thin premise for 25th Hour, directed by Spike Lee, who clearly
L’Auberge Espagnole, directed and written by Cédric Klapisch, demonstrates that Europeans indeed enjoy their “melting pot” differences and are indeed happy to be in a single political home. The film focuses on a group of postgraduate students in their early twenties who share an apartment in Barcelona and become intimately acquainted with one another’s eccentricities.
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THE FILM MAX ASKS WHETHER HITLER’S CAREER IN POLITICS WAS INEVITABLE Max, directed by Menno Meyjes, is ostensively about German art critic and dealer Max Rothman, but more importantly is a biopic of Adolf Hitler in the years 1917-1919. The film purports to show a critical turning point in the life of Hitler–and of the
THE FILM MAX ASKS WHETHER HITLER’S CAREER IN POLITICS WAS INEVITABLE Max, directed by Menno Meyjes, is ostensively about German art critic and dealer Max Rothman, but more importantly is a biopic of Adolf Hitler in the years 1917-1919. The film purports to show a critical turning point in the life of Hitler–and of the
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A BLACK NAVAL OFFICER FINDS PEACE SEARCHING FOR HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL ROOTS Antwone Fisher, a young African American in the U.S. Navy decided one day to write the story of his life. Ten years later, his autobiography, with some fictionalization, has now been portrayed on the screen. The story so deeply touched Denzel Washington that he
A BLACK NAVAL OFFICER FINDS PEACE SEARCHING FOR HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL ROOTS Antwone Fisher, a young African American in the U.S. Navy decided one day to write the story of his life. Ten years later, his autobiography, with some fictionalization, has now been portrayed on the screen. The story so deeply touched Denzel Washington that he
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SKINS EXPOSES THE DESTITUTE CONDITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS Skins takes place at Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, the poorest county in the United States. When the film begins, a voiceover recites statistics of the miserable plight of Native Americans concerning their poor health and low income. The story focuses on Rudy Yellow Lodge (played by
A SINGLE FATHER ESTABLISHES A PRECEDENT TO GET BACK HIS CHILDREN IN EVELYN When Evelyn begins, Desmond Doyle (played by Pierce Brosnan) is celebrating Christmas together with his wife and their three children in Dublin; the year is 1953. Earlier, Desmond lost his job and had been spending so much time drinking at the local
A SINGLE FATHER ESTABLISHES A PRECEDENT TO GET BACK HIS CHILDREN IN EVELYN When Evelyn begins, Desmond Doyle (played by Pierce Brosnan) is celebrating Christmas together with his wife and their three children in Dublin; the year is 1953. Earlier, Desmond lost his job and had been spending so much time drinking at the local
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