Politics and Cinema

A reader sent me this note: "I was wondering (really hoping) that we would get an essay on how you think the election of Trump to the Presidency would affect the Race this year. Do you think the Academy, the critics groups and the rest…

Hillary Clinton was born in Chicago. Her father was mean, her mother was strong, and Hillary learned at a young age that she had to work hard for her money. Her father made her account for every penny he gave her. Some of that hardship is…

Michael Moore will be showing a documentary tonight in New York that has been kept under wraps this whole year. He started out the year with his film Where to Invade Next, which really was an anthem to how much better other countries are to…

If you really want to know why more women directors don't get work, take a look at this year's presidential election. Take a look, specifically, at the progressive left movement that has created a sharp division among the ranks of…

One thing that is astonishing about this year's presidential race is what it tells us about ourselves, and specifically, what decades of conditioning by animated films, the music industry, the film industry and the Oscar race tells us about…

Earlier today, Tim Robbins introduced Bernie Sanders at an event in Wisconsin, probably because the last two Bernie rallies have drawn scant crowds. Now they're bringing out the celebrities who do support Bernie (because most of them are…

After the smoke cleared from the 88th Academy Awards, many felt that though the entire broadcast was dedicated to undoing the damage done by the second straight year of all white acting nominees, it was ultimately ruined by a few tasteless…

It's a pathetic situation in America when the queasy combination of celebrities and politics can literally result in "celebrity politicians" -- carnival freakshows like Donald Trump whose name-brand recognition is enough to propel his…

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell delivers the Last Word with a lesson about how and why filmmakers dramatize real life events. "Movies are movies. History books are history books. Movies are works of art -- some great art, some good art,…

"Even though you only bought a trinket, you paid for something bigger." - In three powerful minutes, Kathryn Bigelow maps the link between elephant slaughter and terrorism.

via Funny or Die, Mary Poppins (Kristen Bell) is working for minimum wage, and really needs a raise. Mary Poppins Quits with Kristen Bell from Funny Or Die

Jon Stewart will take a 3-month break from The Daily Show this summer to make his feature film debut. (Deadline)Stewart has written the script, and will direct Rosewater, an adaptation of the book Then They Came For Me: A Family’s…