5 Nazi movies: Joseph Goebbels’ ‘Third Reich’ cinema - a crucial and extremely popular propaganda tool - promoted the White Nationalist German ethos.
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10 examples of theocracy in movies and TV illustrate the many forms of the inescapably authoritarian communion between religion and government.
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Belfast movie: Kenneth Branagh is shooting his ‘most personal film,’ set in tumultuous 1960s Northern Ireland. Judi Dench and Jamie Dornan among stars.
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Playwright Arthur Miller vs. Red Scare paranoia: The Crucible and the Salem witch hunts demythologize the concept of ‘American exceptionalism.’
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Roy Rogers Under Western Stars: Subversive Singing Cowboy Western still relevant in this age of special interests in government and climate change threat.
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Sully (2016) movie review: Tom Hanks personifies ‘all-American heroism’ in filmmaker Clint Eastwood’s drama that distorts real-life events.
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Mothers of Men (1917) movie review: Remarkable women’s suffrage tale asks whether the female right to vote would destroy American society.
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Truth (2015) movie review: Cate Blanchett delivers a great star turn in this engrossing but less than objective docudrama. Robert Redford costars.
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James Woods Twitter Lawsuit: Slander Case or Freedom of Speech Online at Stake? He is after 2 users who tweeted about the actor using coke.
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Patricia Neal Movies: ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still,’ ‘A Face in the Crowd’ are two old classics that are more pertinent than ever.
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Theodore Bikel: Social and Union Activist, Vanessa Redgrave ‘The Palestinian’ Spat and stance against Israeli settlements.
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Glenda Jackson: Labour MP and 2-Time Best Actress Oscar Winner will return to acting after two decades in British politics.
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Jean-Luc Godard Solution for Greek Debt Crisis is a simple one that quite literally involves the use of the Aristotelian concept of Logic.
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Young Robert Redford goes from political candidate and youthful journalist fighting corruption to CIA agent fearing for his life and ambitious skiier.
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Selma (2014) movie review: Ava DuVernay’s ‘Martin Luther King Jr. in Alabama’ drama is a reminder that Civil Rights events remain disturbingly relevant.
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Ben Bradlee Movies: All the President’s Men with Oscar winner Jason Robards as Washington Post executive director, Ghosts of Grey Gardens.
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Kristen Stewart in Camp X-Ray. ‘Camp X-Ray’ trailer: Kristen Stewart & Payman Maadi in Guantanamo’s ‘war zone’ The official Camp X-Ray trailer is out. “Make no mistake about it. This…
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Jane Fonda in Alan J. Pakula’s Klute. Jane Fonda movies on TCM: ‘The China Syndrome’ & ‘Klute’ + Jean-Luc Godard drama Turner Classic Movies’ 2014 “Summer Under the Stars” kicked…
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) movie review: Another first-rate Marvel-Disney effort. Chris Evans and Robert Redford star.
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) movie review: Chris Pine and Keira Knightley are miscast in Kenneth Branagh’s mid-level failure.
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European Colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa legacy range from apartheid films to Neill Blomkamp’s sleeper hit District 9 + Something of Value.
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Apartheid Movies: Focus on White South Africans criticized in films (usually made by/with British and American talent) such as A World Apart and Cry Freedom.
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American military movies: Besides depicting the Civil War, D.W. Griffith’s landmark 1915 feature The Birth of a Nation had the Ku Klux Klan saving heroine Lillian Gish. From ‘The Birth…
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The Fifth Estate (2013) movie review: Benedict Cumberbatch creates a fuzzy Julian Assange in Bill Condon’s two-dimensional WikiLeaks’ drama.
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World War Z with Brad Pitt as a zombie-fighter. Unenthusiastic reviews. ‘World War Z’ reviews Several World War Z reviews are in, and for the most part they have been…
4th of July Movies: From our dystopian present to John Paul Jones + Benedict Arnold and other complex American Revolutionary War figures.
Trumbo (2015) movie review: Bryan Cranston delivers a phenomenal performance as the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.
Hiroshima Bombing Anniversary: 6 Must-See Movies Dealing with the A-Bomb Terror from around the world including 2 post-WWII Hollywood films.
Kristen Stewart in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk movie cast: Subversive satire labeled the ‘Catch-22 for the Iraq War’ to be directed by Ang Lee.
Polly Bergen, actress in Hollywood and on Broadway, was on Richard Nixon’s extended Enemies List, along with other liberal Democrat celebrities.
Kristen Stewart in Camp X-Ray. ‘Camp X-Ray’: Kristen Stewart & Peyman Moaadi praised, but mixed reviews for Sundance political drama The Guardian‘s Xan Brooks wasn’t too crazy about first-time feature…
Nelson Mandela Movies: South African guerrilla fighter turned political prisoner turned president portrayed reverentially by American or British actors.