When the Migrants Come to Collect Their Due: On Suketu Mehta's 'This Land Is Our Land'
Suketu Mehta offers a powerful, angry, and brilliant defense of immigrant rights in This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto.
05 Sep 2019
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Sense and Sensibility at the World Cup
I've sworn, after learning about the latest kleptocrat billionaire to buy a club, or scrambling from the clash between hooligans and riot police, or hearing a homophobic chant rise up from the stands, I would give up on the game. Anyone with sense would.
26 Jun 2019
Banned 'Babylon' Finally Sees Light of Day
Franco Rosso's stark, rough-edged, and music-soaked 1980 drama, Babylon, about West Indian Londoners scrapping for survival, was never released due to worries about inciting violence. Until now.
01 Apr 2019
'Maeve In America' and Balancing Levity with Seriousness
Irish comic Maeve Higgins finds her voice and purpose in an ever-changing Donald Trump United States.
01 Nov 2018
'Pachinko' Is a Meticulous Tapestry that Compels Our Empathy
Lee balances this richly textured tale of an immigrant family with scenes of poverty, disrespect, and inhumane conditions endured by Koreans in Japan during WWII.
18 Sep 2018
'Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration' Traces America's Racism
Undocumented Lives masterfully demonstrates a part of the harrowing historical timeline that brought society to today's racist position.
14 Sep 2018
'America Is Not the Heart' Offers Hope Within Its Defiance
Elaine Castillo's debut is a rich and disturbing banquet of the Filipino immigrant experience in America.
06 Sep 2018
Killing Is Killing: Logan's Enduring Excellence
In a competitive sea of superhero films, Logan continues to stand out with its tremendous performances, thematic complexity, remarkably critical take on violence, and deeply stirring pathos.
25 Jun 2018
Informed or Inflamed? Author Steve Almond Talks About How We Consume Trump
With the recent release of Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country, Steve Almond talks in-depth about the US president whom most parents wouldn't even let on the playground -- and about his beef with the American left.
06 Apr 2018
An Ageless Dance in '95 and 6 to Go'
This documentary about a Japanese Immigrant in America during and after WWII dances with history, memory, and friendship.
13 Mar 2018
'Everything Here Is Beautiful' Conveys Strong Images of Mental Illness
This ambitious and empathic debut explores complications and consequences between sisters, cultures, and mental illness.
12 Mar 2018
'Far Away Brothers': What Becomes of the Children Who Must Flee Home and Country?
Lauren Markham's The Far Away Brothers puts forth the story of two young lives caught up in the pressing need to immigrate.
12 Nov 2017
'Brooklyn' Is a Story of Cultural Purgatory
Rarely do immigration dramas deal with the trouble of re-assimilating back to one's homeland.
16 Mar 2016
Haneke's 'Code Unknown' Manages Impact and Accessibility
Thematically and visually cohesive, Code Unknown displays Michael Haneke's talent as a filmmaker without alienating viewers hesitant to explore his darker films.
06 Jan 2016
'Immigrant Nations' Is Told from the Vantage Point of Those Receiving the Influx of Migrants
Paul Scheffer takes an unemotional look at a present day issue with lots of historical precedents, reminding us that we are not tasked to reinvent the wheel.
10 Nov 2011
'The Singer's Gun' Is Part Suspense and Part Love Story Mixed With Political Thinking
The questions of who we lie to, and why, are not entirely answered in this excellent novel.
13 May 2010
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