2009

  • Michael Moore's 'Save Our CEOs' Campaign

    YouTube

    In this teaser for his upcoming new film, Michael Moore asks us to please help our fellow (corporate) Americans.

  • Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski in <i>Gran Torino</i>

    Last Man Standing

    Akiva Gottlieb

    A callous vigilante and sentimental old fogy, Clint Eastwood has become indivisible from his myth.

  • Democracy, on Mic and on Camera

    Democracy, on Mic and on Camera

    Cora Currier : Music

    A new film offers a nuanced and inspiring portrait of the role hip-hop activists have played in the politics of Senegal.

  • Hearts, Minds and Hollywood

    Nathan Gardels & Mike Medavoy

    American ideals no longer dominate the global public square. So how do we compete for hearts and minds?

  • Lonely Blue Boys

    Stuart Klawans : Film Reviews

    Zack Snyder's Watchmen, Tony Gilroy's Duplicity, Greg Mottola's Adventureland. Subscribe

  • A Waltz With the Dogs of Memory

    Hussein Ibish : Israel

    Vicious hounds of repressed memory haunt Waltz with Bashir, a deeply flawed depiction of the harsh truths of a war no one can forget.

  • Slumdog Subtext

    Slumdog Subtext

    Barbara Crossette : India

    Slumdog Millionaire captivated global audiences, but in India, it strikes a different nerve--as a tale of personal recompense and revenge by a young Muslim victim of Hindu persecution.

  • Waltzing Alone

    Liel Leibovitz : Israel

    Israel, unrepentant and without introspection, doesn't deserve a film as brilliant as Waltz with Bashir.

  • Slumdog Millionaire: Fantasy and Reality

    Nur Laiq : India

    Slumdog Millionaire may provide romantic escapism for some, but for me it stirs up very real memories from my childhood in India.

  • Can We Take The Media Seriously?

    GRIT TV : Media

    Is the media out of touch? We talk about the good, the bad, the ugly--and The Nation's Leslie Savan on the Oscars.

  • Slide Show: Waltz With Bashir

    Slide Show: Waltz With Bashir

    : Books

    Images from the graphic novel about the 1982 Lebanon War.

2008

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