Frank Hamilton — Washington City Paper, November 24, 2006
D.C. home-rule doc gets stuck in post-production limbo.

Rebecca Kingsley’s documentary, The Last Colony, chronicles D.C.’s modern home-rule and voting-rights movement from its birth in the civil-rights era to the present day. Much like enfranchisement, however, Kingsley’s film isn’t something D.C. residents are likely to see any time soon.

Frank Hamilton — Life In The District, October 23, 2005

Director Deepa Mehta’s latest film, Water, so completely enfolds the viewer into the tragic lives of widows in 1938 India that I assumed there wasn’t a dry eye in the theatre. But after the lights came up at the South Asian Literary and Theatre Arts Festival screening and Mehta had begun with the Q & A, I was surprised to hear an audience member accuse the film of being “anti-Indian”. No stranger to controversy, the Indian-born filmmaker from British Columbia kept her composure and responded that she understood the man’s concern and that his points were best suited for a one-on-one discussion she would be happy to have after the public event.

Frank Hamilton — Life In The District, September 23, 2005

It’s hard to feel passionate about concrete.

Sure, we’ve all taken a romantic stroll along a moonlit sidewalk. Who hasn’t experienced the anticipation of the ocean after catching a glimpse of blue water while crossing a coastal bridge? I’m sure it never occurred to you to say, ‘Thanks, concrete, for making this moment possible.’

But it did make that moment possible. Sweet, glorious, concrete.