
"Getting Back": Is revenge enough?
Sinclair dedicates her book "to those who have been bullied, whether the blows arrived by fists or with words."

Today in history: Centennial of playwright Arthur Miller
October 17 is the 100th birthdate of American author and playwright Arthur Miller.

Globalization and privatization: “Our Brand is Crisis”
Although it uses the Bolivian election and the GCS involvement as the basis for the story, it makes some plot alterations.

War and anti-war films at Zürich Film Festival
NGO workers entangled behind the lines of a combat zone during the final days of former Yugoslavia's warfare; Danes embroiled in Afghanistan.

Remembering comic and social critic Lenny Bruce on his 90th
He was a renowned stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and screenwriter.

“Black Panther Party: Vanguard of the Revolution” – unfinished business
A stirring montage of film clips, talking heads and still photos of one of the most dramatic movements in modern history.

The Chile coup and Pinochet’s “Christian” torture chamber in “Colonia”
German director Florian Gallenberger's Colonia is arguably this year's Zürich Film Festival's hardest-hitting film.

Arlo Guthrie celebrates 50th anniversary of “Alice’s Restaurant”
Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is in the midst of an extensive tour across America.

Herbert Aptheker biography is political narrative of remarkable man
Murrell paints a vivid, detailed picture of Aptheker's political life and for this he should be commended.

Media exposés in new films “Spotlight” and “The Program”
"Spotlight" deals with the heavy subject matter of child abuse perpetrated by those posturing as Christians.

