Films from forbidden lands
People in the West rarely get to see films from North Korea, let alone Cuba or Vietnam. Film festivals are often the only source for cinema from the "forbidden" Communist countries.
Whose land? Interview with an objective Israeli filmmaker
Director Tamara Erde investigated both the Israeli and Palestinian public school systems, with access to teachers, students and administrators on both sides of the Wall.
New documentaries in Toronto
Documentaries at the Toronto International Film Festival come from all corners of the globe, covering a wide range of subjects, and many are of interest to the progressive community.
"The Liberator" generates some thinking
My movie buddy went to see "Gone Girl" with her book club, so I recruited a professor friend of mine to see "The Liberator" with.
Film review: "Love is Strange"
Put seasoned actors like John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, and Marisa Tomei together in a film, and guaranteed there'll be a certain amount of movie magic.
"Wetlands” movie review: Exploring secretions and inner selves
Was I watching something with themes that applied to a swath of a generation of young people who can't bear their lives and see no hope of effecting change?
A look back on the life of Richard Attenborough
Another side of one of Britain's best known actors, film directors and producers who was true to his socialist principles and who supported so many good and progressive causes.
Remembering Robin Williams: the laughter, compassion, and humanity
Williams, hardly "selfish" or "cowardly," gave back to the people via his career-spanning progressive activism.
For Whom the Whistle Blows: “The Kill Team”
This documentary's real target market are those young impressionable people who have bought into the madness of Washington's endless imperial misadventures.
Actress Lauren Bacall, who protested Hollywood blacklist, dies at 89
"Stardom isn't a career," Bacall once observed, "it's an accident." What a lucky accident it turned out to be.
