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Stars turn out to honor producer Weintraub in LA
- The A-list dinner party drew top performers and singing legends.
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S.F. Black Film Festival celebrates its 10th year
- When Ave Montague started the San Francisco Black Film Festival 10 years ago, it was a side event to the annual Juneteenth celebration, which commemorates the abolition of slavery in Texas and much of the South after the Civil War.
- When Ave Montague started the San Francisco Black Film Festival 10 years ago, it was a side event to the annual Juneteenth celebration, which commemorates the abolition of slavery in Texas and much of the South after the Civil War.
Review: Accentuating the positive in ‘Darfur’
- "Darfur Now" is surely one of the sunniest documentaries about genocide that you'll likely see, as it spotlights six individuals who are taking action to stop the Sudan tragedy and tries to make their passion friendly and contagious. Unfortunately, its all-out palatability approach prevents the film from stirringly presenting the horror and the urgency of the new century's direst human tragedy to date.
- "Darfur Now" is surely one of the sunniest documentaries about genocide that you'll likely see, as it spotlights six individuals who are taking action to stop the Sudan tragedy and tries to make their passion friendly and contagious. Unfortunately, its all-out palatability approach prevents the film from stirringly presenting the horror and the urgency of the new century's direst human tragedy to date.
‘Darfur Now’ offers timely lessons
- “Darfur Now,” which opens Friday is one of the most powerful documentaries of the decade. But filmmaker Ted Braun still can’t wrap his mind around the horror he stepped into.
- “Darfur Now,” which opens Friday is one of the most powerful documentaries of the decade. But filmmaker Ted Braun still can’t wrap his mind around the horror he stepped into.
Lemmons takes on famed DJ’s story
- Perhaps outside Washington, D.C., few people are familiar with the story of Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene Jr. In the mid-1960s, the former ex-con was an outspoken civil rights activist, comedian and revered disc jockey on D.C.’s WOL-AM radio station, where he worked until his death in 1984.
- Perhaps outside Washington, D.C., few people are familiar with the story of Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene Jr. In the mid-1960s, the former ex-con was an outspoken civil rights activist, comedian and revered disc jockey on D.C.’s WOL-AM radio station, where he worked until his death in 1984.
Review: 'Talk to Me' powerful and gripping
- Compromised by its biopic formula but buoyed and charged by its central character, “Talk to Me” is a hard-to-resist visit to meaningful times, as occupied and personified by Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene, the ex-con radio star who, in the 1960s, invigorated a community. This movie may not always know what to do with Petey, but you couldn’t ask for a brighter mix of charisma and character.
- Compromised by its biopic formula but buoyed and charged by its central character, “Talk to Me” is a hard-to-resist visit to meaningful times, as occupied and personified by Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene, the ex-con radio star who, in the 1960s, invigorated a community. This movie may not always know what to do with Petey, but you couldn’t ask for a brighter mix of charisma and character.
Review: 'Ocean’s Thirteen' remains lucky
- After the smug self-indulgences of “Ocean’s Twelve,” in which a 21st-century Rat Pack made the same mistakes as their nominal forebears — mistaking their own idle amusement for compelling moviemaking — “Thirteen” comes as a welcome surprise. Yes, it’s a meaningless exercise in style, one more excuse for a group of well-paid actors to pal around on-camera under the sometimes-watchful eye of director Steven Soderbergh. But “Ocean’s Thirteen” revitalizes a franchise that once seemed in danger of sinking under the weight of its own ego.
- After the smug self-indulgences of “Ocean’s Twelve,” in which a 21st-century Rat Pack made the same mistakes as their nominal forebears — mistaking their own idle amusement for compelling moviemaking — “Thirteen” comes as a welcome surprise. Yes, it’s a meaningless exercise in style, one more excuse for a group of well-paid actors to pal around on-camera under the sometimes-watchful eye of director Steven Soderbergh. But “Ocean’s Thirteen” revitalizes a franchise that once seemed in danger of sinking under the weight of its own ego.
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