Article Christmas Deserves Better There’s more to the holiday movie season than crass comedy and sentimental schlock. Here’s a list of ten films for adventurous viewers By Richard Alleva December 22, 2018 Movies
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Article Hard to Watch Even when it’s easy to spot the racism that poisons parts of them, the more pertinent question is what makes some of these films engrossing even now By Richard Alleva December 19, 2017 Movies Race Donald Trump Domestic Affairs
Article Blockbusting What happens to independent filmmakers such as Sofia Coppola, Patty Jenkins, and Edgar Wright when they embark on genre projects? By Richard Alleva July 27, 2017 Movies
Article Waving & Drowning ‘Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer’ shows how power is certainly seductive, but the seduction is not always sexual By Richard Alleva May 31, 2017 Movies
Article ‘Beauty and the Beast’ & ‘Colossal' This is a typical rom-com set-up. But, hey, what about that monster? By Richard Alleva May 8, 2017 Movies
