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.
Native rap star Frank Waln to perform for ESPN show on R-word
Said Chi-Nations member Anthony Pochel on the portrayal of native people as mascots, "As Native youth we feel - what's that word when you feel not a human - dehumanized."
"Boyhood," in a land of opportunity they don't make it easy
Writer and director Richard Linklater's latest release had an intriguing gestation, filmed in and around Houston over a twelve-year timeframe from 2002 to 2013.
"Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists": Great socialist novel marks 100th anniversary
Frank Owen, a socialist house painter, repeatedly attempts to convert his coworkers to his way of thinking: one part of the novel is melodrama the other part social and economic satire.
Tentative pacts avert Metropolitan Opera lockout scheme
The tentative agreement includes mandatory cost reductions from management and an independent monitor to track budget performance.
"Life Itself": A Roger Ebert biopic
Having conducted an extraordinarily unpredictable life, reviewing some 6000 films, Ebert lived his own movie.
Remembering Robin Williams: the laughter, compassion, and humanity
Williams, hardly "selfish" or "cowardly," gave back to the people via his career-spanning progressive activism.
Comedian John Oliver confronts racism, police militarization in Ferguson
Sometimes it takes a Brit to hold up a mirror to America, capture its ugly side and reflect it back in biting, yet empathetic, satire.
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.
