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Jane Fonda

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.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: documentary, Donald Sutherland, F.T.A., Jane Fonda, Vietnam

Television Review: “Jane Fonda in Five Acts”

The more we hear Jane Fonda’s homilies about needing to be “whole” and “self-actualize” the more her personal journey sounds more like a succession of carefully calculated branding exercises.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: HBO, Jane Fonda, Jane Fonda: A Life in Five Acts

Film Review: “Youth”—A Moving Meditation on Time, Art, and the Body

Ruminations on age and memory are inevitably sunk deep into the flesh and the glue of personal relationships.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Harvey Keitel, Jane Fonda, Michael Caine, Paolo Sorrentino, Rachel Weisz, youth

Film Review: “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” — Powerful But Ambitious to a Fault

There are plenty of intensely moving moments in this expansive biopic, based very loosely on a real White House butler named Eugene Allen, who was profiled by Wil Haygood in a 2008 Washington Post feature.

By: Glenn Rifkin Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Alan Rickman, Alex Pettyfer, Clarence Williams III, Cuba Gooding Jr., David Oyelowo, Elijah Kelley, Forest Whitaker, James Marsden, Jane Fonda, John Cusack, Lee Daniels., Lee Daniels' The Butler, Lenny Kravitz, Liev Schreiber, Minka Kelly, Oprah Winfrey, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, Yaya Alafia

Movie Review: “Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding”? Boomer Baloney

Here is what I learned from watching the film Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding: Boomers are being sold down the river.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Bruce Beresford, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Olsen, Jane Fonda

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