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fromThe Independent
2 days ago

The 19 most problematic movies of all time

Filmmakers often desire public engagement, but some films face scrutiny for problematic content due to evolving social standards.
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fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

The Film From 1969 That Explains Contemporary America

The Sorrow and the Pity reveals the complexities of life in Nazi-occupied France, challenging the myth of universal French resistance.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

Seven Documentaries for Fans of Fiction

Documentaries can effectively tell engaging stories, appealing even to those typically averse to the genre.
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fromInverse
1 week ago

48 Years Later, One of the Most Disturbing Movies Ever Made Just Got A Huge Upgrade

The Deer Hunter remains a profoundly disturbing film, illustrating the lasting trauma of war and its impact on soldiers and society.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

I still think it's one of the great films of all time': All the President's Men turns 50

The film was based on the 1974 book of the same name by the Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein about their investigation into the Watergate imbroglio that brought down President Richard Nixon.
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US Elections
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Trump faces a personal Vietnam' in Iran | Sidney Blumenthal

Trump's Iran strategy failed due to unrealistic expectations, contradictory statements, and incoherent policy justifications that lack factual foundation.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

White House releases video promoting justice the American way' featuring Hollywood characters

The 42-second video posted on the official X account of the White House on Thursday was met with almost universal mockery online, with comments accusing the Trump administration of immaturity, and likening its social media strategy to one run by teenagers.
Right-wing politics
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fromVulture
1 month ago

The Doors Is So Bad. And The Doors Is So Good.

Oliver Stone's The Doors is a flawed yet compelling film that reveals more about Stone's disillusionment with the 1960s than about Jim Morrison himself, using the rock star as a vehicle for exploring the era's chaos and excess.
fromwww.nydailynews.com
1 month ago

Bo Gritz, who claimed to be the inspiration for Rambo,' dead at 87

Gritz was a highly decorated Vietnam vet who became a right-wing political figure in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including a long-shot presidential run in 1992. In his post-war career, he was most famous for acting as a mediator in the notorious Ruby Ridge standoff in Idaho in 1992.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Seized review captivating documentary goes inside a shocking newspaper raid

Police seized devices and reporting materials from Marion County Record, sparking national outcry as a symbolic threat to press freedom and fracturing local community.
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fromThe Nation
1 month ago

The Cinema of Societal Collapse

Oscar-nominated international films explore survival and resistance under authoritarian regimes, depicting both specific historical tyranny and speculative global oppression.
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fromTruthout
1 month ago

Nearly 4 Years After His Death, Documentary About Journalist Nominated for Oscar

Photojournalist Brent Renaud was killed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine in 2022, and his brother Craig's documentary about him is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
fromInsideHook
2 months ago

"Rambo" Prequel Cast Adds "Sinners" and "The White Lotus" Alumni

John Rambo's cast will include Yao, who played Bo Chow in Sinners; Quincy Isaiah, who played Magic Johnson in Winning Time and Tayme Thapthimthong, who played Gaitong on the third season of The White Lotus.Those actors will join Noah Centineo, who is set to play the title character. Centineo's filmography includes a leading role in the Netflix series The Recruit, along with supporting roles in everything from Black Adam to Warfare.
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fromIndependent
2 months ago

'He was a f**king spy - there's ten movies in this': Jim Sheridan on being mentioned in the Epstein files

Oscar-nominated director Jim Sheridan has said he believes Jeffrey Epstein was a "spy" for Russia or Israel.
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fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Gus Van Sant talks about his new movie, 'Dead Man's Wire,' based on a true story

Dead Man's Wire dramatizes Tony Kiritsis's 1977 63-hour hostage standoff over a disputed mortgage.
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Challenging Official Histories in "Natchez" and "Mr. Nobody Against Putin"

known as the Concord Quarters. An unadorned brick building, it housed enslaved people and has a kitchen where many of them once worked. Cosey was formerly a guide at a historic inn in the town and was ordered to "stick to the script" when she insisted on mentioning the inn's slave quarters; today, as she says, "I wrote my own script."
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