Leave it to Ken Loach, that grizzled realist, a seven-decade surveyor of the British working class, to make a sly…
Bleakly beautiful and painfully sad, “Kes” remains Ken Loach’s masterpiece. For over 50 years, he has made films about the…
“Michael Collins,” the 1996 biopic starring Liam Neeson and “The Wind the Shakes the Barley,” from 2006 are perfect complementary…
Adaptability is the reason for a coyote’s survival. According to National Geographic, coyotes will eat anything — mice, lizards, insects…
For much of its history, Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane” has seemed secure with its designation as the Greatest of All…
“One Night in Miami” is electric. Regina King’s ode to four powerhouses of the Civil Rights era, with fictionalized, creative license,…
Struggles for freedom have heroes on both sides, and the best movies on the subject don’t’ sugarcoat, but depict real…
“The Angel’s Share” (2012) is a British comedy directed by Ken Loach. This film follows Robbie (Paul Brannigan) as he…
I was in Virgina Beach this past summer. A storm my last night kept me in my hotel room, where…
“If….,” Rudyard Kipling’s ode to British stoicism and stiff upper lips, hangs like a raised eyebrow over Lindsay Anderson’s acerbic…