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By | February 2009
“Sunday School Musical” is not the worst film ever made, but it has its problems…
Oh, the irony. Certain organized religions have been co-opting other groups holidays almost since their inception. Disney has been co-opting fairy tales,...
The enthusiasm of “Nollywood Babylon” is infectious. Focusing on the widely unknown (in the U.S., at least) Nigerian film industry, this documentary...
From 2002’s “Spellbound” that followed eight kids from around the US as they worked their way to the ultimate sudden-death playoff of the National...
The rough plot of “The Only Good Indian” is compelling. A boy is kidnapped from his family to be taken to an Indian “training school” where his...
The world is a better place because of Sergio Vieira de Mello. “Sergio” tells the story of a young Brazilian activist who got his start in politics,...
Imagine a young John Waters, only with no sense of urgency, more militantly queer, and tone-deaf to the subtleties of satire. There you have Bruce La...
Until 2004, it was a crime to sing or dance in Afghanistan. If you were a man, you could be put into prison. If you were a woman, you would be killed. When...
What is it about curly, nappy hair that people find so undesirable? As a card-carrying member of the Happy to Be Nappy club, this subject has always...
As Sundance slowly recedes in the rear-view mirror along with the winter snow, film geeks across the globe are always stoked to see the film schedule for...
If you're a "Battlestar Galactica" (or just "BSG") fan like me, you know what I'm about to say: This is not only the best science-fiction show to ever air...