Published June 22nd, 2008
in Class, Education, Film and Racism.
Take it from this documentary junkie, “Resolved” is one of the better documentaries I’ve seen in a couple of years, and lucky for you it’s playing on demand on HBO and is available via Netflix.
“Resolved” trains an eye on high school debate competitions and the peculiar traditions that make them so competitive, also basing a [...]
Published April 9th, 2008
in Feminism, Film, Violence and War.
Tuesday night HBO premiered the award-winning documentary “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo,” a harrowing look into the lives of rape victims who are the uncounted casualties of the Congolese civil war. Directed by Lisa F. Jackson, a celebrated documentarian who was herself the victim of a gang rape, the movie spans the [...]
Published February 1st, 2008
in Feminism, Film and Movies.
While everyone else coos over the pregnancy romances of “Knocked Up” and “Juno,” I urge you to take a serious look at “4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days,” the movie that makes pregnancy chic gauche.
There’s some speculation that despite rave reviews from critics, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days was overlooked for an [...]
Published December 31st, 2006
in Film and Stuff.
The end of the year was looking up until I capped off last night with a 102 degree fever and a stomache ache. Today I’m sitting around thinking about champagne I probably won’t be able to have and trying not to sit upright. You’ll have to exuse me because my brain’s a little fuzzy [...]
Published September 20th, 2006
in Entertainment, Film and Music.
When I was a kid the only people on my block to play with were two boys my age who lived catty-corner to my folks, one of whom was a sweet, sandy-haired He-Man lover who liked to smell my hair. Fast forward ten years and the little boy has learned to play drums. [...]
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