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  • Tommy Lee Jones is probably best known for his performances in such popular films as Men in Black and The Fugitive. Now he tries his hand at directing with the border tale The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (opening February 10 at Landmarks Hillcrest Cinemas with an appearance by the filmmaker on opening night). The film was inspired by a real 1997 murder of a young Mexican-American by a Marine unit working the border patrol in Texas. KPBS film critic Beth Accomando has this review.
  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
  • Four years after the No Child Left Behind Act became law, test results show progress in some areas. But many schools are not reducing the achievement gap between white and minority students, and closing that gap may take longer than the law's requirements.
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