Distaff Noir Ida Lupino’s run of performances in noir films, both big budget and independent, is impressive, including High Sierra, Road House, On Dangerous Ground, and Private Hell 36. Yet this little-seen backstage drama may typify Grossman’s assessment of her performances.

The Art of Music in the Movies In the wilds of Brazil in the 18th century, Jesuit missionary Father Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) fights to protect native Indians from being exterminated or sold into slavery by the colonizing Portuguese.

Labor Film Series On the streets of Glasgow one early May morning in 2021, a Home Office van quietly pulls up to a residential building, with officials sent to arrest two individuals for alleged immigration violations. Word of the raid goes out almost immediately, and students, neighbors, members of the local mosque and others rush to the area in response.