BY Dave Schneider | Jacksonville, FL | 1/01/20
I'm not sure how we'll look back at film in the 2010s.
BY Cassia Laham | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 10/10/18
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has never been one to hold his tongue or shy away from even the most powerful figures. His films and articles often offer illuminating and entertaining critiques of American society, economics, and politics.
BY Frank Chapman | Chicago, IL | 3/03/18
First of all, this movie took me back to my childhood love of fantastic tales of adventure and romance. So, for me it was great entertainment made possible by cinematic art at its finest.
BY Dave Schneider | Jacksonville, FL | 12/29/17
Two things stood out to me while assembling my list of the year’s top movies.
BY Fabian Van Onzin | Houston, TX | 8/03/17
During the last elections, Hillary Clinton, who used a sort of bourgeois ‘feminism’ to sell reactionary ideas to the public. Since then, there have been a number of films, such as Wonder Woman, that use images of powerful women to promote a pro-war capitalist agenda. Atomic Blonde is the latest of this genre.
BY Dave Schneider | Jacksonville, FL | 12/29/16
Every December, I put together my list of top 10 movies for the year.
BY Frank Chapman | Chicago, IL | 6/27/16
The Free State of Jones is a movie, now playing in Chicago, that portrays the story of how poor white farmers and slaves rebelled against the Confederacy during the Civil War of 1861-65.
BY Conor Munro | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 4/21/15
20 anti-war activists gathered here, April 19, to watch and discuss Citizenfour, the critically acclaimed documentary. The movie tells the story of courageous National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden. In 2013, Snowden went into hiding and then revealed the shocking extent to which the U.S. government spies on people. Snowden also revealed the U.S. government is using illegal spying methods for the purpose of political repression.
BY Dave Schneider | United States | 10/28/13
Odds are that Karl Marx would have enjoyed horror movies.
BY Dave Schneider | United States | 7/22/12
Director Chris Nolan calls it a “revolutionary epic.” I’d call it a counter-revolutionary blockbuster.
