Film
Altruism at the Oscars: Legitimizing racism, inequality and imperial design by Mitu Sengupta
The unusually lengthy list of nominees for this year's Best Picture Oscar features a slew of do-gooder films about the suffering of others. Most are about people who are at a considerable cultural distance from the white, middle-class Americans that are the primary consumers of these films.
An Interview with the Co-Director of 'The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers' by Bill Berkowitz
" ... this is a self-governing country. We are the government. And in terms of institutions, the Constitution provides for separation for powers, for Congress, for the courts, informally for the press, protected by the First Amendment. . . . I think we cannot let the officials of the Executive Branch determine for us what it is that the public needs to know about how well and how they are discharging their functions. . .
Subprime Goes Hollywood by Nick Baumann
If you thought the mortgage-backed securities and other complex financial instruments that crashed the economy were risky, you’ll love Wall Street’s latest brainwave: a new financial market in which players can gamble on whether upcoming Hollywood movies will be blockbusters or bombs.
James Cameron Hates America: The Conservative Backlash on Avatar by Tom Shone
James Cameron's Avatar has been greeted on the right with the kind of immediate snarling antagonism reserved for Oliver Stone pics.
Here Come the Cats With Human Boobs: Is Avatar Destined to Flop? by Josh Levine
After years of hype, loads of trailers and TV spots, and an unprecedented pre-release teaser screening in more than 100 theaters, James Cameron's Avatar opens next Friday with a single question hanging in the air: What in the hell is going on with the blue cat people?
The 10 Most Notorious Sex Scandals in Hollywood History by Phil Nugent
When Swiss police apprehended director Roman Polanski (Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby) after he'd spent more than thirty years as a fugitive from justice, they couldn't have known that the arrest would set off a fiery international debate between those who see Polanski as an important cultural figure who is being persecuted, and those who can't believe that anyone would rush to the defense of a convicted child molester.
Hollywood's Nightmare Couple by Diane Dimond
The arrest of actor Randy Quaid and his wife Thursday for unpaid hotel charges was just the latest in a pattern of skipped bills, paranoia, and premonitions of his violent death.
You, Me and the SPP: A filmmaker's journey by Paul Manly
From the youtube provocateur expose to being blacklisted as a spammer, making a film about the secretive trilateral process, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), has been an interesting journey.
Michael Moore on the Perils of Capitalism by Niomi Klein
On Sept. 17, in the midst of the publicity blitz for his cinematic takedown of the capitalist order, filmmaker Michael Moore talked with Nation columnist Naomi Klein by phone about the film, the roots of our economic crisis and the promise and peril of the present political moment. Listen to a podcast of the full conversation here. Following is an edited transcript of their conversation.<!--
Controversy Over Israel Waylays Toronto Film Festival by Richard Silverstein
The Toronto International Film Festival is one of the world's foremost film events. It features starlets, klieg lights, red carpets and all the hoopla that goes along with the world of cinema.
This year, the festival features Oprah Winfrey's much-ballyhooed film Precious, which won the People's Choice award.
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