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A BOY GENIUS FISHES FOR HIS LIFE IN CAPERNAUM About 12 years old, Zain (played by Zain Al Rafeea) is a Syrian refugee living in Beirut, Lebanon, along with his refugee family. At the beginning of Capernaum (Capharnaüm), he is in court suing his parents because they gave birth to him. His mother Souad (Kawsar […]

DOES RED JOAN REVEAL A POSSIBLE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECIPIENT? Did a humble British woman prevent World War III? The film Red Joan, a biopic of Melita Norwood, suggests that that was her motive in providing secrets of the atom bomb to the Soviet Union. Based on Jennie Rooney’s novel recounting true events, Red Joan

AJAs ARE APPLAUDED IN GO FOR BROKE: AN ORIGIN STORY Why were tens of thousands of Japanese on the West Coast sent to internment camps, but few were similarly mistreated in Hawaiˋi? Go for Broke: An Origin Story, directed by Alexander Bocchieri, answers that question without specifically identifying the puzzle. The film begins a few

MEMORIES HAUNT NEVER LOOK AWAY When children are inhumanely separated from their loved ones, their future can be very painful and normality may be impossible. Never Look Away (Werk ohne Autor) is a noir film that traces a German artist at several junctions of his life from age 6 to 36 (1937 to 1967), proving

WOMAN AT WAR INVOKES A HIGHER LAW Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson, Woman at War (Kona fer í stríð) focuses on a fictional Halla (played by Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir), who is determined to stop global warming in her native Iceland in the role as a Luddite. She does so by felling power lines, at first near a

SAINT JUDY IS VERY DOWN TO EARTH Appropriately released on the beginning of Women’s History Month, Saint Judy (played by Michelle Monaghan) is a biopic of a Los Angeles attorney who went to court and opened the door for Muslim women to apply for asylum in the United States. The film begins as she leaves

POLITICAL FILM SOCIETY HAS SELECTED THE BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2018 During January, members voted to narrow the list for the best films in the categories of HUMAN RIGHTS and EXPOSÉ. During February, members voted for the best film on the final list. For the category EXPOSÉ, which recognizes the importance of raising political consciousness by bringing to

VOTING CONTINUES FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2018 During January, members voted to narrow the list for the best films in the categories of HUMAN RIGHTS and EXPOSÉ: During February, members can vote for the ONE film that is the best of those on the final list: For the category EXPOSÉ, which recognizes the importance of raising political consciousness

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

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