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A Nightstick Turned into a Song
Two new books and a documentary cue up the soundtrack of the black-power movement.
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McCain’s Oops Moment
HBO’s Game Change depicts a 2008 campaign team desperately trying to cover up the shortcoming of its vice-presidential pick.
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This Is Not a Movie Review
Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s latest film revels in the irony of making a film about being forbidden to make a film.
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A Taste for Mediocrity
Why does Hollywood give us bad movies? Because we love them.
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The Prospect Goes to the Oscars
Here are our reviews of some of this year’s big hits so you can catch up before Sunday’s show.
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The Lorax, Soon to Infect Theaters With Insidious Propaganda
Yeah, it has an agenda. But so what?
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A Homeric D’oh
The Simpsons celebrates a television milestone but where has all the edge gone?
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The Help’s Same Old Story
The film boasts Oscar-worthy performances but spotlights black exploitation in Hollywood.
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Will the Real Citizens United Please Stand Up?
Long before it was named in a Supreme Court decision, the group was a conservative production house.