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Does war serve any purpose for the little people who fight it?
Read More »NYFF World Premiere Review: ‘Last Flag Flying’ with Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, and Laurence Fishburne
Festivals
Los Angeles Film Festival Review: ‘The Pathological Optimist’ by Miranda Bailey
What is the controversy surrounding Andrew Wakefield and the MMR vaccine?
Read More »Austin Revolution Film Festival: Filmmaker’s Friend
The Austin Revolution Film Festival (ARFF) focus, venues, and spirit make it a great experience.
Read More »NYFF Review: ‘Arthur Miller: Writer’ Directed by Rebecca Miller
What do you know about the great American playwright Arthur Miller?
Read More »Venice FF, HIFF Review: ‘Human Flow’ by Ai Wei Wei
What if an earthquake, hurricane made you homeless? What if it was a war?
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Kumail Nanjiani Stars in ‘The Big Sick’ — AKA the Year’s Best Rom-com
'The Big Sick' is one of the year’s biggest comedy smashes and one of the year’s best films.
Read More »TIFF Director Interview: Sam Pollard Discusses ‘Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me,’ Part II
How is a film about Sammy Davis, Jr.'s life vital for today?
Read More »TIFF Interview: Sam Pollard Discusses ‘Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me,’ – Part I
Who is Sam Pollard? Why was he interested in Sammy Davis, Jr.?
Read More »Anthem Film Festival Review: North Korea Nightmare and China Fears
“Go to where the light is” may seem a strange directive for someone seeking to escape from a totalitarian regime until one sees a photo of North Korea and its neighbors taken from a satellite. Yeonmi Park’s tale of her escape reveals that not only is the darkness physical, but spiritual as well.
Read More »Anthem Film Review: ‘Democracy Through the Looking Glass: Media & Politics in the Post-Truth Era’
Alice had to step through the looking glass to discover a strange world where everything was backwards and made no sense. Filmmaker Kevin Bowe only had to go to New Hampshire during the 2015 presidential primary. His film, Democracy Through the Looking Glass: Media & Politics in the Post-Truth Era, screened at the Anthem Film Festival, part of FreedomFest. FreedomFest, a libertarian political and financial conference, now in its tenth year, bills itself as the worlds “largest gathering of free minds."
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