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The Turning Point: War on Terror–Remembering 9/11 Twenty-five Years Later

Written by Diana Paul on September 11, 2026. Posted in Series. No Comments on The Turning Point: War on Terror–Remembering 9/11 Twenty-five Years Later

In this groundbreaking documentary, we witness 9/11 from a myriad of vantage points. The Turning Point (2021) interviews firefighters, survivors of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and the aborted attack on the White House plus all five US presidents (Bush, Clinton, Obama, Biden, and...

Sing Sing–Art as Liberation

Written by Diana Paul on August 31, 2026. Posted in movie reviews. No Comments on Sing Sing–Art as Liberation

The multiple-award winning Sing Sing is a richly textured film of friendship and brotherhood among prisoners. The major theme is rediscovering one’s own humanity in a world that refuses to see you as human. Theater –and the acting process– become the inmates’ survival. John “Divine G” Whitfield (played by...

Seed of the Sacred Fig–Growing Dissension

Written by Diana Paul on August 25, 2026. Posted in movie reviews. No Comments on Seed of the Sacred Fig–Growing Dissension

Nominated for the 2025 Best International Film (Academy Awards), and the 2024 Festival Special Jury Prize (Cannes), Seed of the Sacred Fig is an Iranian thriller by the Iranian writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof. “The Ficus Religiosa is a tree with an unusual life cycle. Its seeds, contained in bird droppings, fall on other...

Rabbit Hole – A World of Paranoia and Conspiracy

Written by Diana Paul on August 17, 2026. Posted in Series. No Comments on Rabbit Hole – A World of Paranoia and Conspiracy

In the espionage thriller, Rabbit Hole, corporate intelligence expert John Weir (Keifer Sutherland, the “Jack Bauer” character in “24”) is a mastermind at manipulating stock prices to benefit his uber-rich, above-the-law clients. Soon he is on the run, however, implicated in a murder he didn’t commit, purportedly due to his best...

The Count of Monte Cristo–Can Revenge Become Addictive?

Written by Diana Paul on August 12, 2026. Posted in Series.

This 2024 English-language French-Italian adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’s masterpiece, The Count of Monte Cristo, is directed by Palme d’Or-winning Danish director Bille August. He retells the dramatic prison-to-riches story of Edmond Dantès, a nineteen-year-old sailor falsely accused of treason by an ambitious fellow shipmate...

The King–Royal Turpitude?

Written by Diana Paul on August 2, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

In this very loosely interpreted adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Henriad”, The King (2019) focuses on Prince Hal (Timothée Chalamet) and his reluctant acceptance of the crown, becoming Henry V, King of England. Hal’s defiance is due to his difficult relationship with his dying father, King Henry IV (Ben...