Culture
‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ a provocative mockumentary that lampoons conservative political culture
October 30, 2020What makes the film most hilarious (and discouraging) is the utter honesty that is revealed by the reactionary people encountered.
Read moreNew graphic book helps to ‘Unrig’ our broken election system
October 30, 2020A better articulation of the class dynamics at work in our political system would have added to Newman and O’Connor’s overall analysis of our broken democracy, but this is still a very valuable book.
Read moreDocumentary ‘Hopper/Welles’: When ‘Easy Rider’ met ‘Citizen Kane’
October 29, 2020The documentary Hopper/Welles, which screened at the 34th annual AFI Fest, is to film history what 1989’s When Harry Met Sally is to romcoms.
Read moreModern-day China through Chinese eyes: reviews from Toronto International Film Festival
October 28, 2020U.S. relations with China are possibly at an all-time low, although Washington has opposed the government since the victory of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949.
Read more‘My Psychedelic Love Story’: A flashback down memory lane to meet Timothy Leary
October 27, 2020Morris’s cinematic sensibility meshes well with Leary’s psychedelic psyche.
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