Citizen Dame

‘Nomadland’ is an Oscar-worthy Examination of the American Soul (NYFF58)

October 5, 2020 Lauren

Director Chloe Zhao is proving to be one of the great chroniclers of the American experience. The Rider and Songs My Brothers Taught Me center her as an empathetic artist,

‘MLK/FBI’ Poses Complex Questions Without Easy Answers (NYFF58)

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 Lauren

Can we judge a man’s character through the eyes of his enemies? How do we honor the legacy of a hero while understanding him as a human being? These are

The Ecstasy of Steve McQueen’s ‘Lovers Rock’ (NYFF58)

September 18, 2020 Lauren

“How are they still awake?” I asked as I came to the end of Steve McQueen’s sumptuous and confounding Lovers Rock, the opener of the 58th New York Film Festival

‘Tenet’ is the Poor Execution of an Incomplete Thought

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 Karen M. Peterson

There are puzzling, mystery movies that are fun to try to solve, and then there is Tenet. Christopher Nolan‘s latest mind-bending sci fi flick uses explosions, expository dialogue and quick

‘Madchen in Uniform’ and the Subversive Nature of Love

July 24, 2020 Lauren

One of the most remarkable aspects of Leontine Sagan’s Madchen in Uniform is its time period, appearing in Germany in 1931, at the beginning of the rise of the Nazis

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‘Nomadland’ is an Oscar-worthy Examination of the American Soul (NYFF58)

‘MLK/FBI’ Poses Complex Questions Without Easy Answers (NYFF58)

The Ecstasy of Steve McQueen’s ‘Lovers Rock’ (NYFF58)

‘Tenet’ is the Poor Execution of an Incomplete Thought

‘Madchen in Uniform’ and the Subversive Nature of Love