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‘Life and Nothing More’: How a Spanish-Born Filmmaker Made a Sensitive Portrait of a Working Class African American Life

Spanish-born filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza’s second feature, “Life and Nothing More,” is a sensitive portrait of an African-American working class family struggling on the margins of society. In a ... read more

Expert Tips for First-Time Documentary Filmmakers (Like Myself)

I had been on the lookout for a subject that grabbed me, and I found one in George, a 78-year-old African-American shoe repair shop owner ... George’s Shoes is where all walks of life (so to speak) ... read more

Two Sides of a Good Argument: A Report From the 2018 True/False Film Fest

One is far more successful than the other. In American Animals, we meet Warren (Evan Peters ... with parents and a brother who are all intellectually disabled. Their working-class life is unglamorous, ... read more

The London Film Festival Announces Full Lineup, Opening with European Premiere of Steve McQueen's WIDOWS

In this rousing, working class tale ... is a psychological portrait of eight teenage girls trapped in a shadowy dwelling where tensions run high and nothing is ever quite what it seems. Aaron ... read more

Family and friends remember twins, 97, who died in cold

Mihailides said seeing the sisters always made him smile. He often asked them about the secret to a long life and he thinks their upbeat attitude was key. 'They were extraordinary,' he said. 'A real ... read more

Notable Books of the Year 1997

The unspoken dread of the American middle class is ... Provincial Life. By J. M. Coetzee. (Viking, $22.95.) A South African novelist's memoir of agonizing sensitivity to childhood's unequal ... read more

How Political Will This Oscar Season Be?

He’s the only African-American person in this white ... Once you skateboard for over half your life, which is true to me and the characters and Minding the Gap, it’s almost like you’re more ... read more

“People Can Choose to Create the Collective, Social Experience”: Billy Woodberry on Bless Their Little Hearts

Billy Woodberry ... more. You have the start, all that happens, and then the end. It’s from them, it’s from her, her experience of life, the things she’s dealt with, and him too. It’s the things they ... read more

The 20 Best Horror Films of the Last 20 Years

The American remake, directed by Matt Reeves, turns the material more dangerous by drawing us into a queasy ... dead have risen and are feasting on the living — but in lumpish working-class Britain, ... read more

The Grand Tour

In the life of ... consisting of nothing more “than a thimbleful of coffee or chocolate and a morsel of bread.” Mark Twain, whose 1867 trip to Europe and the eastern Mediterranean produced “The ... read more

The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century So Far.

He zeroes in remorselessly on the petty absurdities and large iniquities that define life in Romania more than a ... s a strong case to be made that Steven Spielberg is among the most underrated ... read more