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Category: Black Heritage Month

December 29, 2015December 30, 2015 Jana J. Monji

‘Chi-Raq’ Brings Greek Comedy to Chicago

September 6, 2015 Jana J. Monji

‘American Masters: Althea’ gives Gibson her due

January 10, 2015January 10, 2015 Jana J. Monji

Independent Lens: ‘Evolution of a Criminal’

December 27, 2014December 27, 2014 Jana J. Monji

Why ‘Selma’ should be screened in Pasadena

December 25, 2014December 25, 2014 Jana J. Monji

AFI Fest 2014: ‘Selma’ as a political chess game with a King

December 5, 2014 Jana J. Monji

What’s missing in ‘Dear White People’

October 6, 2014October 6, 2014 Jana J. Monji

Review: The Spike Lee Joint Collection Vol. 2

October 6, 2014 Jana J. Monji

DVD Review: The Spike Lee Joint Collection Vol. 1

June 22, 2014June 22, 2014 Jana J. Monji

PBS ‘The New Black’ is divisive fear

November 21, 2013November 21, 2013 Jana J. Monji

’12 Years a Slave’: Why We Need More Women in Movie

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  • A Winning ‘Kristina Wong for Public Office’ November 23, 2020
    If you think of elected officials as people who smile too much and practice saying the right thing instead of speaking with sincerity, Kristina Wong, is here to show you can have a prickly personality and win an elected office.   Wong begins “Kristina Wong for Public Office” dressed in a white pants suit that […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Jackie Chan in a Wildly Out of Touch ‘Vanguard’ ☆ November 21, 2020
    Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to view a Communist-vehicle starring Jackie Chan to see if it is really as bad as everyone says it is and if there are any redeeming martial arts sequences because no one really goes to a Jackie Chan film for the plot (or the good acting). […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness’ and Tigers of SoCal ☆☆☆ November 20, 2020
    Animal hoarders are often animal rescuers gone wrong. I think that applies to people who handle tigers, now brought to light by the Netflix documentary limited series “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.”  You might not recall, but Southern California had a few tiger incidents, too. In 2003, a morning raid in Riverside County found […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • AFI FEST 2020: ‘Wolfwalkers’ ☆☆☆☆ November 15, 2020
    Watching “Wolfwalkers” reminded me of a brief moment when I started a howling chorus. In my case, it was coyotes at a zoo. With my initial howl, there was one, then two and then quickly more began to join in the chorus. It was oddly satisfying and less nerve-wracking than being part of a chorus […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Revisiting Orwell’s ‘1984’ in the Twilight of the WH Trumpian Era November 14, 2020
    After an exhausting five days around the presidential election, I spent Saturday (7 November 2020) watching the CBS Westinghouse Studio One version of George Orwell’s “1984.” On Sunday, I reviewed my 2016 essay (“Watching ‘1984’ in Trump’s America” and on my blog)After nearly four years under the smog of Trumpland, the weekend saw a hopeful […] […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Netflix: A Wonderful Modern Twist on a Legend in ‘Over the Moon’ ☆☆☆☆ October 23, 2020
    Produced by Pearl Studio and Netflix Animation and animated by Sony Pictures, “Over the Moon” is a lovely computer-animated adventure, suitable for little kids and adults who are still kids at heart. If you love bunnies, you may squeal with delight. This film is the perfect treat to watch while eating mooncakes with voices provided […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Netflix ‘Rebecca’: Gothic Gone Mild ☆☆ October 23, 2020
    In the quieter moments of the 2020 Netflix adaptation of “Rebecca,” the chemistry between Lily James and Armie Hammer as newlyweds could set a house on fire and the malevolent spitefulness of Kristin Scott Thomas as the first wife’s bestie is pure poison. Yet those moments of cinematic fire are few. Director Ben Wheatley doesn’t […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • AFI FEST 2020: ’76 Days’ ☆☆☆☆☆ October 21, 2020
    When someone asks you what you did during the COVID-19 lockdown, you probably won’t come up with this doozy. Chinese American filmmaker Hao Wu reached out and had virtual meetings with two Chinese reporters (Weixi Chen and Anonymous) and together this threesome made a documentary about the panicky 76 days in Wuhan, China in four […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • AFI FEST 2020: ‘Sound of Metal’ ☆☆☆☆ October 21, 2020
    British Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed stars in a movie about loss and discovery: “Sound of Metal.” As you can probably guess from the title, this is about heavy metal. Ahmed, with an artistic goatee and bleached blond hair with defiantly black roots, plays punk-metal drummer Ruben Stone, who lives in a classic retro motorhome with […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • AFI FEST 2020: ‘The Father’ ☆☆☆☆☆ October 21, 2020
    Watching “The Father,” I felt both envy and empathy. “The Father” deals with universals that transcend gender and culture; it is one of those few plays that is improved by its transition to cinema. The journey of “The Father,” to the screen was guided by its playwright, Florian Zeller, in his directorial debut. The French […]
    Jana J. Monji
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