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, Singing Cowboy of 1940s and 1950s Hollywood. Known for his affable characterizations and, both on and off screen, “traditional values” stance, the King of the Cowboys – step…
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Right-wing filmmaker Clint Eastwood’s Sully movie is a tribute to ‘old-fashioned all-American heroism.’ Tom Hanks plays US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger.
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Remarkable women’s suffrage movie Mothers of Men dismisses the notion that the female right to vote would destroy American families and society.
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As 60 Minutes’ Mary Mapes, Cate Blanchett delivers a great performance in the engrossing but less than objective Truth. 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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Ava DuVernay’s Martin Luther King Jr.-focused drama Selma is a reminder that Civil Rights events of the mid-1960s 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 continues the remarkable collaboration between Marvel and Disney. Chris Evans and Robert Redford star.
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At best, Kenneth Branagh’s Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a mid-level failure. Chris Pine and Keira Knightley are the 2 miscast leads.
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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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Bill Condon’s The Fifth Estate fails to create a three-dimensional portrait of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange. Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Brühl star.
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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.
With some assistance from Dalton Trumbo himself, Bryan Cranston delivers a phenomenal performance as the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter.
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.