In the documentary "The Insular Empire," you see a colonized people struggle with threat after threat of erasure.read more

“The Kids Are All Right” perpetuates stereotypes based on sexual orientation, gender and race.read more

“I’m always interested in the path of corruption,” says the Oscar-winning director about his latest film, Casino Jack.read more

The film got made because it did not rock anyone’s world or challenge any racial or gender stereotypes. The only good sex with skin was straight.read more

The new “Karate Kid” with Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith has supposedly learned from the past, setting out to poke holes in some stereotypes about Asians.read more

The tribute to horror films was an unrelenting filmic homage to violence against women.read more

A group of film critics, called the James Agee Cinema Circle, has just released its nominations. See who is up for best picture, best actor, best actress, best documentary.read more

If director James Cameron was looking to tell a story from the point of view of people of color, as he said he was, then he fell woefully short in “Avatar.” Whatever his intentions, the movie is actually a study of the white savior complex.read more

As the mother of a royalty-worshipping little girl, my feelings about Disney’s first black princess are mixed. From the media coverage of “The Princess and the Frog,” you’d think it was a historical moment akin to President Obama’s election.read more

It makes you look, up close, at a victim — not only of revolting abuse by her father and mother, but also of malignant neglect by our society.read more

It's about Sabra and Shatila, and if you’re a politically conscious cinema buff, you can’t ask for a better movie.read more

The newest “Star Trek” movie deals with a subject close to my heart: interracial children.read more