As I write this review of the documentary film “River of Gold” the Amazon rainforest continues to burn. The fires of 2019 are reportedly human in origin. They were most likely …
Read moreCreating a new consumer market for the internet streaming audience is no easy thing, yet this is what Walmart’s Vudu hopes to do with its first family comedy web series, …
Read moreThe Williams family in the new film “Waves,” could be any middle-class American family in South Florida that works hard and gets an education. Things are going well — until they are …
Read moreWilliam Kelly is a peace activist who marches, protests, dialogues and contributes to social transformation through the art he creates. His recent project, completed between 2014 and 2016, is a …
Read more“A Hidden Life,” released Dec. 13 in theatres, is a contemplative kind of biopic of Austrian conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter (1907-1943). He has now been beatified by the Catholic Church, …
Read moreDays after his historic election on March 13, 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, tries to book a ticket to Lampedusa to visit refugees there, but the booking …
Read moreI wish I had been home that day in 2004 when the 6-foot-6-inch Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant visited our Pauline Books and Media Center in Culver City, …
Read more“What better agent of chaos is there than a new Messiah?” asks a character in the new Netflix drama series “Messiah” from show creator and writer Michael Petroni and executive …
Read moreDo film awards matter? I think they do, especially if they are bestowed from one’s peers. It is incredibly challenging and complex to get a film made and distributed. Film …
Read moreWhile I am not a football fan, I have watched almost every Super Bowl game for the last 30 years for three reasons: the commercials, the food and the company. …
Read moreDo film awards matter? I think they do, especially if they are bestowed from one’s peers. It is incredibly challenging and complex to get a film made and distributed. Film …
Read moreWhile I am not a football fan, I have watched almost every Super Bowl game for the last 30 years for three reasons: the commercials, the food and the company. …
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