Charles Ealy

Charles Ealy is a former movies editor for The Dallas Morning News and Austin American-Statesman.

Film review: ‘Boys State’ mirrors the political climate of Texas

High schools offer all sorts of honors for kids who conform to certain norms. There’s the high school quarterback and the assorted minions. There’s the basketball stud. There are...

Film review: ‘Denise Ho’ has a message for us all: Persist

"Denise Ho: Becoming the Song” documents the recent years in the life of a Hong Kong singer and political activist who has put her life and career on the...

Film review: ‘You Never Had It’ looks at the gruff humor of Bukowski

Italian journalist Silvia Bizio spent a long, wine-soaked evening with writer and poet Charles Bukowski at his San Pedro, Calif., home in 1981. A camera crew shot the interview...

Film review: ‘The Capote Tapes’ kicks off aGLIFF festival

Any reasonable, well-read person might ask: Is there really anything more to be said about Truman Capote, the flamboyant queen of literature who shocked America with his openly homosexual...

Film review: Real news and fake news battle it out in ‘A Thousand Cuts’

The new documentary “A Thousand Cuts” would be good to watch before the November elections in the United States, especially if you’re undecided. It details the rise to power of...

Film review: ‘The Fight’ lays out ACLU’s legal battle with Trump

The Trump administration has kept lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union busy. The group has filed more than 100 lawsuits over initiatives to roll back what the ACLU considers...

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