film
‘Sirāt’ review: Philosophical film not for the faint of heart
February 3, 2026A shocking film with the brooding, forbidding, stark North African landscape as a dramatis personae.
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‘Melania’: The Movie. The Bribe. The Shame.
February 2, 2026It's not just about a bad movie but how Jeff Bezos, and other American business leaders, are allowed to give huge bribes to the president of the United States.
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The cowboy and the communist: Why Frank Sinatra picked a fight with John Wayne
December 4, 2025Part of the Hollywood Ten, Albert Maltz had the "dubious honor" of being blacklisted twice when John Wayne and others in Hollywood targeted his working relationship with Frank Sinatra.
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The Case of the Hollywood 10: Movie moguls launch blacklist in 1947
November 25, 2025A stain on the history of U.S. democracy and the country’s entertainment industry to this day, the blacklist would remain in force until around 1960.
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‘Nuremberg’ review: A war crimes tribunal film for the age of Trump
November 7, 2025A review of the movie ‘Nuremberg’ shown at AFI Film Fest, 2025
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