|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By William Shakespeare
By John W. Dean
$14.00
$24
|
|
|
|
20th Century Fox
|
By Richard Schickel — The inherent problem with Oliver Stone’s follow-up to his 1987 classic is that it does not have the courage of its own nastiest convictions.
Posted on Sep 24, 2010
READ MORE  | 3517 READS
|
tillmanstory.com
|
By Richard Schickel — Thanks to the Establishment’s truly spectacular mishandling of this case—will they never learn, you can live with screw-ups, never coverups?—Pat Tillman left the country of celebrity and entered the land of myth, innocently, even perhaps tragically.
Posted on Aug 19, 2010
READ MORE | 6156 READS
|
Courtesy Magnolia Pictures
|
By Richard Schickel — “Countdown to Zero” is an intelligent, graphically sophisticated documentary film about what is almost certainly the most important issue confronting the world today—nuclear proliferation.
Posted on Jul 29, 2010
READ MORE | 6429 READS
|
National Geographic Films / Tim Hetherington
|
By Richard Schickel — The documentary “Restrepo” paints an empathetic portrait of U.S. soldiers at an Afghanistan outpost, but it keeps its audience at a distance.
Posted on Jun 24, 2010
READ MORE | 3811 READS
|
Zeitgeist Films
|
By Richard Schickel — “Jud Süss” may be the most odious movie ever made. And now we have a talking-heads documentary about it, “Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss,” the work of Felix Moeller, in which the children and grandchildren of the film’s director, Veit Harlan, are invited to comment on the patriarch’s noxious work.
Posted on Jun 18, 2010
READ MORE | 7950 READS
|
imdb.com
|
By Eunice Wong — Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary, “La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet,” is a celebration of the ephemeral nature of performance and the fleeting glory of the human body.
Posted on Jun 15, 2010
READ MORE | 832 READS
|
|
By Peter Z. Scheer — The last 10 years were abundant with films that pushed limits and attacked real issues in real time. Here are 20 of the best socially conscious, topical, progressive movies from a crazy decade.
Posted on Dec 31, 2009
READ MORE | 25586 READS
|
Mark Fellman / WETA courtesy 20th Century Fox
|
By Peter Z. Scheer — The film industry has produced no shortage of spectacles over the last hundred years, from “Ben Hur” to “Star Wars.” In terms of technological sorcery and visual wonder, James Cameron’s “Avatar” now ranks chief among them.
Posted on Dec 15, 2009
READ MORE | 8442 READS
|
capitalismalovestory.com
|
By Peter Z. Scheer — Michael Moore’s latest look at what’s wrong (and right) with America is a lot better—and a lot more radical—than some of the brie-eaters reviewing it think. It’s a cry from the soul of a man who sees the whole country turning into his hometown hell of Flint, Mich.
Posted on Oct 1, 2009
READ MORE | 9294 READS
|
|
Frank Langella as Nixon in the new Ron Howard movie does his best, but no one did Nixon like Nixon.
Posted on Dec 12, 2008
READ MORE | 289 READS
|
filminfocus.com
|
By Sheerly Avni — Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” is a movie to be thankful for. Go see it, tonight if you can, and in a crowded theater. Then open up some merlot and watch the documentary “The Times of Harvey Milk,” by Robert Epstein—because these two films belong together.
Posted on Nov 26, 2008
READ MORE | 488 READS
|
HBO
|
Leading election integrity journalist Brad Friedman reviews HBO’s portrayal of the 2000 Florida recount and wonders whether we’re not headed for another stolen election.
Posted on May 28, 2008
READ MORE | 273 READS
|
amazon.com
|
By Eunice Wong — Todd Haynes’ film “I’m Not There,” “inspired by the music and many lives of Bob Dylan,” shows that art reveals truth when it has the imagination to move away from the imitation of reality.
Posted on Nov 28, 2007
READ MORE | 751 READS
|
imdb.com
|
By Kasia Anderson — “Lions for Lambs” is certainly an ambitious movie. It features an ambitious starring lineup, and it plays on ambitious and timely themes: America at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, post-9/11 media complacency and individual responsibility in morally ambiguous situations. Too bad it’s just not a very good movie.
Posted on Nov 5, 2007
READ MORE | 211 READS
|
movies.yahoo.com
|
By Eunice Wong — After all the usual controversy that swirls around any film by director and rabble-rouser Michael Moore, and after all those stories about Moore taking 9/11 workers to Cuba for treatment, “SiCKO” is finally in theaters. Eunice Wong delivers her diagnosis for Truthdig.
Posted on Jun 29, 2007
READ MORE | 2662 READS
|
|
|
A Cooler Century? Wait and See
Newsletter 
Like Us
Follow Us
Get Our Feed
