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Film Review: “F.T.A.” — An Anti-War Gem, Rediscovered
Exuding a guerilla theater, agitprop vibe (with touches here and there of vaudeville and live sketch comedy), F.T.A. is a thrilling expression of pacifism and accountability directed at the military.
Film Review: Wither the People of Magnitogorsk — “Kombinat”
Without ignoring the terrible-beautiful magnetism of the industrial imagery we love to hate and hate to love, the camera is gradually, gently, drawn across the river and away from the workday, to spend time with these very real humans who serve the machines.
Film Review: The Soulful Comic Legacy of John Belushi
Belushi is a warts-and-all look at one of comedy’s raging bulls.
Film Review: “The Ground Between Us” — A Way Forward?
Pitched in this era of hyper partisanship and sharp division, The Ground Between Us is notable because of the weight and balance it gives to the issues at stake.
Film Review: “Vinyl Nation” — A Visit to Vinyl Heaven
“Every record can have its own unique sound, depending on who has owned it, who’s touched it, where it’s been. That’s really important to me.” This movie makes you realize that these things should be important to you, too.
Film Remembrance: Death of a Bible “Salesman”
The cinema verite masterpiece is among the first non-fiction theatrical features to chronicle “regular” people going about their everyday lives.
Film Review: CREEM on Top — The Story of America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine
The documentary is about “the power of the community and how rock and roll, and music in general, is worth fighting for: sometimes that means doing it yourself.”
Television Review: “Bully. Coward. Victim: The Story of Roy Cohn” — A Soulless Man
Roy Cohn was much more pernicious than Joe McCarthy because he was far more adept at undercutting the relevance of so-called American values.
Film Review: Writer Flannery O’Connor — A Singular and Mysterious Consciousness
With its many virtues, Flannery isn’t the perfect film biography. It’s a shoot-by-the-numbers conventional PBS American Experience.