Matthew Alford about Hollywood and its relationship to the Army
RT Deutsch | July 13, 2015 Matthew Alford interviewed by Jasmin Kosubek from “Der fehlende Part” about Hollywood and its relationship to the Army.
film review
The National Geographic ‘Hell on Earth’ Syria Hoax
By Paul Larudee | Dissident Voice | July 6, 2017 On April 5, 2017, National Geographic released a preview of its film, Hell on Earth: The Fall Of Syria And The Rise of ISIS, by filmmaker Sebastian Junger and producing partner Nick Quested: The film itself debuted on April 26, 2017, at the Tribeca Film […]
The Fraud of the White Helmets
Hollywood buys into yet another lie By Philip Giraldi • Unz Review • July 4, 2017 I actually forced myself to watch the documentary The White Helmets, which is available on Netflix. It is 40 minutes long, is of high quality cinematographically speaking, and tells a very convincing tale that was promoted as “the story […]
Okja: The Pig Stays in the Picture
Can movies be made that attack the prejudices and cruelties of 95% of the human race — and be financially viable? Will the guilty party pay to see themselves raked over the coals? Are speciesist bigots so detached from their emotions and reality that they don’t even realize that they are being criticized?
The War against Workers and the Poor
In 2017 the United States finds itself with a billionaire president who defeated, as adjudged by electoral college votes, the multimillionaire Hillary Clinton. In fact, high political office in the US has become a stepping stone to personal enrichment.
A spook comes out of the woodwork to attack Brad Pitt’s ‘War Machine’
Netflix drama strikes a nerve … By David Walsh | WSWS | June 21, 2017 Does art have social consequences? Does it matter which attitude filmmakers or novelists, for example, adopt toward the big events of the day? Here’s a case that may help settle the argument or at least provides strong circumstantial evidence. Three […]
Films to Chew on
For years there have been two films from Hollywood that have drawn innumerable fans, especially among the “cultivated” (compatible) Left. These are Aliens with Sigourney Weaver and The Silence of the Lambs with Anthony Hopkins and Jody Foster. I have had to endure excerpts but have never been able to overcome the revulsion in order to actually sit through either film in its entirety.
To Wake in Fright
What is inescapable in the Australian landscape is its cosmic character, one that mixes suggestively astral dust with the brilliance of the blinding sun. Desolate, parched earth becomes poetic affirmation, though it is the poetry of death and distraction, its stanzas luring the life from you.
Last White Helmets in Aleppo: in lieu of a film review
By Tim Hayward | June 14, 2017 In the wake of Netflix’s Oscar winning The White Helmets comes the Sundance Festival Grand Jury Prize winning Last Men of Aleppo. According to early reviews, audiences leave screenings with a desperate feeling that something ought to be done, but with a sense of helplessness about not knowing […]
