Six incredibly bad films inspired by the Cold War
For some filmmakers, the Cold War became a convenient excuse for moronic plotlines, insufferable jingoism, and unapologetically reactionary politics.
"Pan Am": Cold War nostalgia that has yet to take off
It's obvious that Pan Am, ABC TV's ambitious new series, is a major network's bid to seize the audience that has made Mad Men a cable television sensation.
Confronting the walking dead: John Quiggin's "Zombie Economics"
The zombie metaphor is both witty and apt when discussing how ideas about society and finance that have alarmingly failed refuse to stay dead and buried.
Was the Nazi lesson learned?
The prosecutors and judges as well, intended to make sure that Hitler's war and attendant atrocities would never happen again.
In Time: One man's immortality is another man's death
Time is money. In Time seems to take that quite literally. In what is a brilliant metaphor for modern day class segregation, the poor die young and the rich live forever. And a man named Will Salas sets out to do something about it.
TV’s Supernatural: A horror-drama about real family values
Supernatural highlights family values, working class ideas and portrays bold and powerful statements against religion and politics that few other shows have dared make.
From Chernobyl to Islamophobia, new films take on history and politics
The success of "Days of Glory" actually forced the French government to improve benefits to Algerian veterans.
People, presidents and kings star in new documentaries
Documentaries dealing with history and politics come from all corners of the globe.
Free online movie, Debtocracy, tells story of Greek debt crisis
Debtocracy, a free online movie distributed under Creative Commons license, exposes roots of Greece and Europe's debt crisis and offers an alternative to austerity policies.
More progressive cinema at Toronto film fest
Last year it was "Made In Dagenham." Probably the most worker-oriented film at this year's Toronto International Film Festival was the class-conscious "Snows Of Kilimanjaro."
