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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.

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]]> 2009-10-02T03:34:46+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20081212_allen_barra_on_frost_nixon/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20081212_allen_barra_on_frost_nixon/ abc, book, cbs, culture, documentary, frost, intelligence, interview, justice, kennedy, movie, nixon, politics, president, republicans, resignation, speech, texas, Film Review

Frank Langella as Nixon in the new Ron Howard movie does his best, but no one did Nixon like Nixon.

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]]> 2008-12-12T11:00:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20081126_get_milk/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20081126_get_milk/ activism, assassination, avni, campaign, castro, discrimination, documentary, film, gay, gus van sant, history, hollywood, justice, marriage, milk, mormon, movie, politics, rights, robert epstein, san francisco, Film Review

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.

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]]> 2008-11-26T10:28:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080528_recount_gets_it_right_even_if_america_didnt/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080528_recount_gets_it_right_even_if_america_didnt/ bush, democracy, democrats, election, florida, friedman, hbo, history, politics, recount, republicans, review, Film Review By Brad Friedman

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.

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]]> 2008-05-28T22:41:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20071128_the_many_faces_of_dylan/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20071128_the_many_faces_of_dylan/ bob dylan, cate blanchett, christian bale, film, gainsbourg, heath ledger, i'm not there, review, todd haynes, wong, Film Review

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.

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]]> 2007-11-29T00:53:01+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20071109_purpose_and_predictability/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20071109_purpose_and_predictability/ , Film Review

“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.

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