Blu-ray Review: Orwell – 2+2=5
Given his background as a child refugee from Haiti’s brutal Duvalier dictatorship, it’s no surprise that Raoul Peck’s career has a filmmaker has centered on socio-political issues. His latest film, Orwell 2 + 2 = 5 centers on George Orwell, the visionary author of 1984 and Animal Farm. In the years since Orwell died in […]
DVD Review: In Their Own Words
Before you put either the “British Novelists” disc or “Great Thinkers” disc of In Their Own Words in your DVD player, get a notebook, notepad, legal pad, index cards, scraps of paper, whatever you use to jot down grocery lists, important phone numbers, or anything else that’s important to your daily life. You’ll need it. […]