Beyoncé’s new documentary Life Is But a Dream marks a brief pit stop during her rise to world domination.
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Media Violence versus Real Violence
In the days since Wayne LaPierre of the NRA blamed the Sandy Hook massacre on violent movies and video games (in particular, for some reason, Natural Born Killers, a film that came out 19 years ago and was a critique of the media’s obsession with violence), a number of people in the entertainment industry have […]
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To Stop Rape Culture, Ring the Bell
The campaign to end assault against women must also include men.
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An Inescapable Truth
In the Oscar-nominated The Gatekeepers, Israel’s domestic spymasters make the price of occupation clear.
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Fracking versus the Boondocks
Promised Land bills itself as an environmental movie, but it’s far more concerned with preserving Dan Barry-esque small-town America mythology.
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Making Liberal Hearts Bleed in Anytown, U.S.A.
What is the purpose of didactic movies like Promised Land?
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Making Liberal Hearts Bleed in Anytown, U.S.A.
What is the purpose of didactic movies like Promised Land?
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Condemned Love
Amour, Michael Haneke’s latest film, is a horror story with a foregone conclusion.
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Don’t Put Flowers on Hollywood’s Grave Yet
Film could be headed for a renaissance instead of its long-predicted journey into the blockbuster night.
