THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW | March 2012 issueread more

The powerful new documentary, “In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution,” shows how one million protesters unseated a dictator. It’s an amazing film not to be missed.read more

The awards honor outstanding movies and artists of conscience and consciousness. Nominees this year include: George Clooney; Viggo Mortensen; a documentary featuring Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael and other Black activists; and the Iranian film A Separation.read more

When independent filmmaker Sam Mayfield came to Wisconsin to cover the historic protests happening here last winter, she thought she was going to stay for just a few days. She ended up staying for seven months.read more

Directed with great skill by Robert Redford, the film shows how our democratic ideals can vanish so easily in times of war and crisis. It’s a point made all the sharper by the latest Wikileaks revelations.read more

A movie like “Miral” should be welcomed, instead of being condemned.read more

A group of progressive film critics picked their best. Winners included "Even the Rain," for best picture. Best actor went to Kevin Spacey in "Inside Job" and Mark Wahlberg in "The Fighter." See the other winners by clicking here.read more

It’s about time “a controlling lesbian” won an Oscar.read more

“The Kids Are All Right,” which has been honored with several Oscar nominations, perpetuates stereotypes based on sexual orientation, gender and race.read more

A group of leftwing film critics and historians has announced its own nominations for the best movie of the year, along with best actor and best actress.read more

Narrated by Matt Damon, it’s a real eye-opener—and a stomach-turner—about the swindling moves that Wall Street investment bankers made with such devastating results.read more

The new movie “Conviction,” starring Hilary Swank, highlights a great injustice: how easy it is to put innocent people behind bars. I know because I spent 27 1/2 years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for a murder I did not commit, based on a bad eyewitness identification.read more

"The banks were suddenly becoming gigantic casino players, buying and selling for themselves—and the client be damned. It's a rigged game."read more

In the documentary "The Insular Empire," you see a colonized people struggle with threat after threat of erasure.read more