Rob Reiner was well aware that the Christian nationalist movement had achieved considerable political clout. But he didn’t realize just how much until he started producing the documentary “God & Country.” Inspired by Katherine Stewart’s book “The Power Worshippers,” the film gives voice to prominent Christian leaders concerned about not
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Clyde Taylor, Literary Scholar Who Elevated Black Cinema, Dies at 92
Clyde Taylor, a scholar who in the 1970s and ’80s played a leading role in identifying, defining and elevating Black cinema as an art form, died on Jan. 24 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 92. His daughter, Rahdi Taylor, a filmmaker, said the cause was chronic obstructive
Do Panic: Dario Argento’s Cinema
There’s a moment in “Dario Argento Panico,” a new documentary about the Italian horror movie maestro Dario Argento, that made me wonder if I’ve misunderstood why his assertively macabre and stylishly grotesque films so deeply give me the willies. It comes late in the film in Argento’s own words —
Kerala Cinema Offers a Subtler View of India
It is an Indian film without song and dance. The lovers don’t share a word, their main interaction a fleeting moment of eye contact in the monsoon rain. There are no car chases and no action stunts. The men are vulnerable. They cry. And yet when “Kaathal — The Core,”
What’s in Our Queue? Chinese Cinema and More
This Chinese film is about greed, crime and hopelessness in a gritty city far from the shining lights of Beijing or Shanghai. But the bleakness and implicit social commentary are channeled through simple, almost crude animation, dark humor and a great soundtrack, making it feel, paradoxically, almost like a romp.
‘Book Club: The Next Chapter’ Review: Cinema Pinot Grigio
The 2018 comedy “Book Club” had a simple, sturdy spine of a plot: Four longtime friends (Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen) power up their sexual prowess while panting over — and mocking — the best seller “Fifty Shades of Grey.” At some point during the brainstorming
‘Drive My Automotive’ Oscar Is a Gradual-Burn Return for Japan’s Cinema
Japanese moviegoers spent about 162 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in theaters final 12 months, with almost 80 % of these tickets bought for motion pictures made in Japan. But lots of the domestically produced movies have little likelihood of discovering a global viewers, movie students say, partly as a result
Adieus to the legends, in loving memories of 2021
As Rabindranath Tagore once said “Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves” – the time of the year back once again, as it always goes back and forth every year when the nation remembers those who departed from their families and admirers to answer the