Movies

Check out the New Film that Empowers Slum Kids »

By Amitabh Pal, May 21, 2013

My ten-year-old was inspired by this film about how Muslim and Hindu children rise together out of poverty.read more

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Revenge Fantasy in “Assault on Wall Street” »

By Ed Rampell, May 15, 2013

Like “Django Unchained,” this film lets the victims take on their victimizers.read more

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Kids and Kite-Flying in Gaza »

By Alessandra Bajec, April 8, 2013

The documentary “Flying Paper” offers “a story that isn’t just about their suffering. There’s life, culture, community, love,” says one of the directors.read more

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Ebert Inspired People with Disabilities »

By Michael Ervin, April 6, 2013

He thumbed his nose at false notions of beauty and perfection.read more

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Roger Ebert, More than a Movie Critic

April 5, 2013

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Roger Ebert Remembered »

By Matthew Rothschild, April 4, 2013

“Movies record human nature in a better way than any other art form,” he told me in an interview ten years ago.read more

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Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick

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My guests this week are Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, who brought you "The Untold History of the United States."read more

The Hollywood Left Says Goodbye to Hugo Chavez »

By Ed Rampell, March 7, 2013

Danny Glover, Oliver Stone, Sean Penn, and Michael Moore pay their respects.read more

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How the Oscars, and Michelle Obama, Saluted the CIA »

By Ed Rampell, February 25, 2013

With liberal propagandists like this, who needs reactionaries?read more

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CIA Still Wins for Best Picture

February 25, 2013

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“Django Unchained” represents a triumph of style and substance »

By Emily Bernard, February 25, 2013

“Django” doesn’t contain solutions to the problem of how we represent this shameful period in American’s past as much as it poses a question: Can a story about slavery also be a story about style?read more

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In the Shadow of Dr. Tiller »

By Terry Tempest Williams, March 2013 issue

Each of the doctors has paid a price.read more

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Best Progressive Films and Artists of 2012 »

By James Agee Cinema Circle, February 20, 2013

And the winners are … “Promised Land” and “No” for best picture. Best Actor goes to …read more

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A Hollywood Protest Against "Zero Dark Thirty"  »

By Ed Rampell, February 19, 2013

David Clennon and others denounced the film’s “despicable message.”read more

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On “Lincoln” and Lincoln »

By Paul Buhle, February 18, 2013

Was the Congressional debate over the 13th Amendment the best focus for a film entitled “Lincoln”?read more

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