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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...

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...

Project Hail Mary–A 2026 Version of E.T.

Written by Diana Paul on July 21, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

In this crowd-pleasing sci-fi adaptation of Andy Weir’s book by the same name, Project Hail Mary opens with Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) waking up on a spacecraft, unable to remember who he is or how he got there. Floating in his astronaut suit, he hovers above the bodies of his two dead colleagues. He doesn’t quite remember...

Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare–Radioactive Subject Matter

Written by Diana Paul on July 12, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

On March 11, 2011 a double natural disaster–an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a massive tsunami –struck the city of Fukushima along the northeastern coast of Japan. Knocking out the electricity essential for cooling the nuclear reactors, a disaster rivaling Chernobyl was underway. Directed by James Jones (“Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes”), and...

Margo’s Got Money Troubles–Cash is King

Written by Diana Paul on June 16, 2026. Posted in movie reviews.

Created by David E. Kelley (of “Big Little Lies”, “Nine Perfect Strangers”), Margo’s Got Money Troubles, breaks new ground with quirky, colorful characters . Tackling sex work, sexual predation, addiction, desperate unemployment, and parenting, Margo’s Got Money Troubles is spiced with humor and farce, and bits of...