The Oscar-nominated short Films in the documentary category tackle a wide range of subjects, all with an average running time of about half an hour. This year’s nominees tackle everything from economic justice to censorship in schools to an appreciation of music. There’s even a personal interest doc about two grandmothers. Nǎi Nai and Wài …
Nazism
Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis debate the existence of God on the eve of World War II in Freud’s Last Session. On September 3, 1939, England declared war against Germany. Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins) has recently fled from Vienna to London, though he is slowly dying from mouth cancer, which constantly worries his daughter …
A veteran theatre critic concocts a blackmail scheme involving a young starlet in The Critic. Jimmy Erskine (Ian McKellen) is the longtime drama critic for The Daily Chronicle, recently inherited by David Brooke (Mark Strong). David wants to restore The Chronicle to being London’s most-read family newspaper and earmarks Jimmy for the chopping block, both …