Movies

Progressives Score with Academy Award Nominations »

By Ed Rampell, January 10, 2013

Anti-slavery movies, along with films celebrating revolution, the Enlightenment, and the fight against AIDS have all been nominated.read more

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Matt Damon Exposes Fracking in Promised Land »

By Tina Gerhardt, December 31, 2012

The film portrays the increasingly bleak economic prospects in the rural U.S.read more

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Slavery and Emancipation in the Movies »

By Ed Rampell and Luis Reyes, December 22, 2012

Filmmakers have gradually caught up to the movement to end slavery of every form. Here is a tour of the horizon of motion picture human bondage.read more

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An Interview with Oliver Stone »

By Ed Rampell, December 10, 2012

“This project has sapped me. It took almost five years. But I’m very proud of it. It’s an accumulation of the themes of my films.”read more

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Bravo Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick »

By Paul Buhle, December 4, 2012

People are ready to grab this revisionism after so many years of seeing our government waste so much money on war.read more

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Ken Burns Interview »

By Ed Rampell, December 1, 2012

America’s preeminent television documentarian, Ken Burns, returned to the little -- and big -- screen in November with a proverbial bang.read more

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Only Two Stars for Lincoln

November 26, 2012

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Why I Didn’t Like “Lincoln” »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 26, 2012

It’s tedious, it’s misnamed, it airbrushes Lincoln, and where, or where, was Frederick Douglass?read more

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The Yes Men Are Back, and They Need Our Help »

By Elizabeth DiNovella, October 28, 2012

The corporate pranksters are ready to make a third movie, called “The Yes Men Are Revolting.” They’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance it.read more

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The Janesville Documentary Reveals Who Holds Real Power »

By Rebecca Kemble, October 19, 2012

One elected official told a group of businesspeople: “My ears are open to all of you because you guys are the minds, I’m the tool.”read more

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Dinesh D’Souza’s Obama Documentary Surreal in Its Badness »

By Amitabh Pal, September 8, 2012

The anti-Obama screed is almost psychedelic.read more

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Oliver Stone: Don’t Complain About Torture in “Savages” »

By Ed Rampell, July 9, 2012

“What about Iraq? What about what’s going on in the Middle East? What about our wars? Wars come home to roost. Who the f**k is kidding who?”read more

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“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” feeds our social fantasies »

By Russ Castronovo, June 29, 2012

“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is what happens when the nightmare of our nation’s past gets scripted as a Hollywood horror movie.read more

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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW: Mark Ruffalo »

By Lisa Mullenneaux, April 2012 issue

"The biggest industry hoax is that the United States can't move to renewable energy now," says the actor and environmentalist.read more

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