The holidays are right around the corner, and whether you’ll be celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or “Holiday” (when pastafarians celebrate their deity, the Flying Spaghetti Monster), chances are you’re starting to look for gift ideas. StageB …Read more

“Oldboy” is Spike Lee’s updated version of a popular 2003 South Korean revenge flick by director Park Chan-Wook.  This is Lee’s first remake — in fact, it’s his first non-original work of any kind as a director.  It trades in most of his films’ soci …Read more

In “The Punk Singer”, director Sini Anderson crafts an endlessly entertaining and revealing documentary about Bikini Kill and Le Tigre frontwoman Kathleen Hanna. From her importance as part of the revolutionary Riot grrrl movement, to her current rol …Read more

“The story of New York City’s greatest tragedy.  As you’ve never heard it before.”  That’s how filmmaker Rohan Spong advertises his new documentary, “All The Way Through Evening”.  A fascinating blend of documentary and concert recording, “Evening” c …Read more

Sini Anderson’s “The Punk Singer” offers a retrospective look at the life of feminist role model Kathleen Hanna. Hanna made heads spin when her band Bikini Kill hit the scene in the 90s, raising awareness of violence against women with forceful lyric …Read more

The one thing that can be said about “Caught in the Web” is that it’s an undeniably Chinese film. Imagining a Hollywood adaptation would be unimaginable because its idiosyncrasies would be completely lost in translation, which is what it makes such a …Read more

“All The Way Through Evening”, by Australian filmmaker Rohan Spong (“T Is For Teacher”), is a musical documentary about the HIV/AIDS crisis in New York City.  The film focuses on a small group of people — specifically, composers in NYC’s East Villag …Read more

Disney pictures are often accused of being irrelevant (Fairy tales in the age of robots?), racist (by way of Caucasian beauty idealization) and anti-feminist (why bother working when Prince Charming will come and fix your life?). Watching “Frozen”, o …Read more

“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” isn’t some slapped together sequel designed to filch money from ravenous fans of the books. This is not a carbon copy of the first film, which was a decent but unfulfilling outing. “Catching Fire” is a thoughtfully c …Read more

The first thing I said to “Mission Congo” director, David Turner, when we spoke on the phone, was how angry his film had made me. The documentary, which played at this year’s DOC NYC, reveals how a charity organization helmed by legendary televangeli …Read more