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Step by Step: In Amanda Lipitz's doc, dance leads to empowerment

Step by Step: In Amanda Lipitz's doc, dance leads to empowerment

When Amanda Lipitz was a girl attending summer camp, one of her counselors asked if she would like to try her hand at choreography.
Film Review: Footnotes

Film Review: Footnotes

Homage of movie musicals of years past has a certain charm but fails to live up to its illustrious predecessors.
Film Review: Birthright: A War Story

Film Review: Birthright: A War Story

A necessary, if not always well-constructed, examination of the perilous state of reproductive rights in the United States.
'No Dress Code Required' follows the quest of two men to marry in Mexicali

'No Dress Code Required' follows the quest of two men to marry in Mexicali

Cristina Herrera Borquez’s documentary 'No Dress Code Required' is a love story, although it does not begin with love at first sight.
'The Apology' examines the painful legacy of Asia's 'comfort women'

'The Apology' examines the painful legacy of Asia's 'comfort women'

Tiffany Hsiung’s The Apology, screening at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City, centers on Grandmother Adela of the Philippines, Grandmother Cao of China and Grandmother Gil of South Korea. All three are in their 80s and are survivors of trafficking and sexual...
'Nowhere to Hide' offers an extraordinarily intimate look at turmoil in Iraq

'Nowhere to Hide' offers an extraordinarily intimate look at turmoil in Iraq

At the beginning of Zaradasht Ahmed's documentary Nowhere to Hide, Nori Sharif, an Iraqi nurse, says of his beleaguered people: "The war continues on inside them." It is a chilling observation that citizen journalist Nori illustrates again and again, not through his depiction of battle-weary...

Human Rights Watch Film Fest exposes injustice across the globe

The lineup for the 2017 Human Rights Watch Film Festival is especially good this year, with a mix of journalistic documentaries and intensely personal portraits of individuals that evince longstanding injustices. b
Award winners dominate this year's 'Open Roads' survey of new Italian cinema

Award winners dominate this year's 'Open Roads' survey of new Italian cinema

Each year, “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema” screens films that draw upon Italy’s rich cinematic heritage and that provide a snapshot of contemporary Italian life.
Film Review: Like Crazy

Film Review: Like Crazy

Great performances by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Micaela Ramazzotti anchor this commedia al'Italiana-inspired movie.
Tribeca entry 'Newton' mines humor from an election in the jungles of Central India

Tribeca entry 'Newton' mines humor from an election in the jungles of Central India

Amit V. Masurkar’s Newton is about the eponymous hero who is a poll worker for the 2014 national elections in India. Newton’s reward for his patriotism is a post in the jungles of Central India, where Maoist rebels and the local police create substantial obstacles to a fair election process. The...