Politics
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Daniel Radcliffe Infiltrates a Neo-Nazi Gang in the Timely Trailer for Imperium
Hate groups are all the rage in movies and TV these days. Have you heard of the new movie about neo-Nazi skinheads starring a former child…
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Game of Thrones: The Real Mad Queen of Westeros
How a Lannister became the most Targaryen ruler since The Mad King. One of the most fascinating dynamics in Game of Thrones is the specter of…
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6 Filmmaking Tips From Roland Emmerich
There’s more to his magic than just destroying landmarks.
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Avoiding a False Morality Debate in The Abortion Documentary Trapped
“I proceeded with the assumption that abortion is moral, legal and a personal right.” ‐ Director Dawn Porter In her thorough and passionate advocacy documentary Trapped,…
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Weiner and the Political Punchline Paradigm
A perfect documentary for an election cycle internet. This election cycle more than any other, our nation has experienced the lies, scandals, and dirty underbellies…
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‘The Giver’ and the Politics of Millennials
The Weinstein Company With our federal government currently suffering record levels of disapproval, political pundits are starting to look to the future. Millenials are quickly…
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‘Iron Man 3’ is the Most Political Superhero Movie Ever Made
Spoiler warning: There will be spoilers. Since 2008, a great deal of ink (or, at least, the Internet’s equivalent of ink) has been spilled on…
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Some Thoughts on Moviegoing This Election Day
Please permit me in some indulgent, semi-autobiographic self-reflection for a moment. I first began writing this column on February 2009, less than a month after the…
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Hot Docs Review: The Revisionaries
by Lauren Flanagan What would the state of American education be if Ned Flanders controlled what went into school textbooks? Folks in the Lone Star State…
