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“Dallas Buyers Club”: We’re surprised you’re even alive

November 14, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield

Dallas Buyers Club is an uplifting morality tale that's about as good as the art of cinema gets.

Today in labor history: Death of unionist Karen Silkwood

November 13, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Her life was featured in Silkwood (1983), an Academy Award-nominated film based on an original screenplay by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen.

“Free Angela and All Political Prisoners” to be shown in Baltimore

November 7, 2013 By Tim Wheeler

MICA keeps the focus on the crisis of mass incarceration in the United States with a showing Nov. 14 of the film "Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners."

Today in labor history: Hollywood writers begin epic strike

November 5, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On Nov. 5, 2007, some 12,000 movie and television writers were forced to go on strike over when industry executives refused to structure compensation in their contract for content delivered over the Internet and via DVDs.

What’s up with Cuban films?

November 4, 2013 By Bill Meyer

Since there are so few films coming to us out of Cuba, it's always a momentous occasion to see them - whether good or bad.