— by WILLIAM STERR — Hitler is dead, Germany has fallen, and most remaining Nazi leaders have been captured. However one, Hermann Göring, second only to Adolph Hitler in the Nazi hierarchy, remains at large. Then, American troops stop a Nazi-flagged limousine in Austria – a limousine [...]
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Review: Marama
— by WILLIAM STERR — The Maori are the indigenous inhabitants of what is now New Zealand. A proud, warrior people, brutal retaliation, including cannibalism, held a place in their rituals into the 19th century. It’s late in the 1850s. Mary Stevens (Ariana Osborne – “Millie Lies[...]
Review: The Sheep Detectives
— by WILLIAM STERR — English shepherd George Hardy (Hugh Jackman) has a simple but idyllic life. He lives in an Airstream trailer on his 300 acres with a flock of loving creatures – his sheep. After a full day of tending to the flock, including treating any suffering from the disease [...]
Review: Daughters of the Forest
— by WILLIAM STERR — “Daughters of the Forest” takes a remarkable look at the life of fungi in the native forests of Oaxaca and Mexico states in southern Mexico. But it is so much more. The film begins with rain falling in the forest. On the forest floor peeking out of the du[...]
Review: American Agitators
— by WILLIAM STERR — This is the story of the life and achievements of Fred Ross and his son Fred Ross Jr. – and all the people and organizations they affected. Writer/director Raymond Telles and writer Angella Reginato have created a moving exploration of the career of one of the most[...]
Review: Spacewoman
— by WILLIAM STERR — This is the story of astronaut Eileen Collins. Born and raised in Elmira, NY, a declining industrial town, she rose from poverty to pilot and command four space shuttle missions, including the first one after the Columbia disaster. She was the first woman to do so. B[...]
Review: Palestine ’36
— by WILLIAM STERR — The Palestinian people have been fighting for their rights even longer than you might think. During WWI, British Lord Balfour, who from his writing and the parliamentary bills he supported had racist and anti-Semitic views, authored the Balfour Declaration, which cal[...]
Review: The Divine Sarah Bernhardt
— by WILLIAM STERR — Nearly a century and a half ago, one of the greatest names in theater, worldwide, was Sarah Bernhardt. She was a French actress, artist, theater manager and play producer. The new film “The Divine Sarah Bernhardt” captures various points in her career. This is no[...]
Review: Hamnet
— by WILLIAM STERR — A film for the decade. Hamnet was nominated by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences as one of the 10 best American films of 2025. But it didn’t win. Instead, a film about the insane violence of American people against each other received the Oscar for B[...]
Review: Watch the Skies
— by WILLIAM STERR — An Einstein-Rosen Bridge, known more commonly as a wormhole, is a theoretical, mathematical solution to Albert Einstein’s field equations in general relativity that proposes a shortcut connecting two separate points in space time. It is an element of many science-f[...]
Review: Group – The Schopenhauer Effect
— by WILLIAM STERR — Have you ever been in group therapy? I have not, and my only experience even tangentially related is the hilarious group featured in the old “Bob Newhart Show” from the 1970s. This is very different. Group therapy is a form of psychotherapy where therapists treat[...]
Review: Diva Futura
— by WILLIAM STERR — Cicciolina – the adult film actress turned legislator in the Italian parliament. Where did she come from? What was her appeal? Were there other women like her? That is the story of “Diva Futura.” Riccardo Schicchi (Pietro Castellitto – “The Predators”[...]
Review: Mickey 17
— by WILLIAM STERR — A cat supposedly has nine lives. But what if there was no limit at all? That’s the premise behind “Mickey 17.” This isn’t a new idea – the sci-fi flick “Moon” used a similar premise – except it was the twist that came near the end of the story. Here, [...]
Review: Blue Moon
— by WILLIAM STERR — A descent into despair, as performed by a prisoner of passion and his tormentors. Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart worked together for 24 years, creating 28 musicals and over 500 songs. However, due to Hart’s alcoholism, Rodgers formed a team with lyricist Oscar Ham[...]