Film

What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change?

What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change? What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change?

Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis, and Wen Stephenson discuss the truly transformative change that our climate crisis requires.

Oct 26, 2015 / Wen Stephenson, Naomi Klein, and Avi Lewis

Something Important Seeping Out of the World

Something Important Seeping Out of the World Something Important Seeping Out of the World

Films about mourning and illness, and some worthy commercial fare, dominated this year’s New York Film Festival.

Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Workers in a Foxconn factory in Guangdong province, China.

2 Things You Won’t Learn From the New Steve Jobs Film 2 Things You Won’t Learn From the New Steve Jobs Film

Apple is relentless toward its overseas labor force and remarkably innovative in its approach to tax avoidance.

Oct 15, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Good, the Bad, and the Veteran

The Good, the Bad, and the Veteran The Good, the Bad, and the Veteran

Problem-solving will only get liars and filmmakers so far.

Oct 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Yorgos Lanthimos's 2015 film ‘The Lobster.’

Of Lobsters and Men Of Lobsters and Men

Don DeLillo, the Grateful Dead, and the New York Film Festival.

Oct 5, 2015 / Eric Alterman

Andy and Lana Wachowski. (Credit: Wikimedia)

The Truth Behind the Televised Lie The Truth Behind the Televised Lie

From the creators of The Matrix, the new Netflix show Sense8 inadvertently tells the saddest story in the world.

Oct 1, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

September 3, 1991: Frank Capra Dies

September 3, 1991: Frank Capra Dies September 3, 1991: Frank Capra Dies

“One important function of good art or entertainment is to unite and illuminate the heart and the mind…. Bad art and entertainment misinform and disunite them.”

Sep 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

The NFL Must Be Loving the Misleading Sony Hacker Leaks on the Film ‘Concussion’

The NFL Must Be Loving the Misleading Sony Hacker Leaks on the Film ‘Concussion’ The NFL Must Be Loving the Misleading Sony Hacker Leaks on the Film ‘Concussion’

The hacked Sony e-mails seem to show that the Concussion film is compromised. But that would be wrong.

Sep 2, 2015 / Dave Zirin

The Trailer for ‘Concussion’ Should Give Roger Goodell Night Sweats

The Trailer for ‘Concussion’ Should Give Roger Goodell Night Sweats The Trailer for ‘Concussion’ Should Give Roger Goodell Night Sweats

The forthcoming film Concussion, starring Will Smith, is coming for the NFL.

Aug 31, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Black Panthers on parade at a Free Huey rally in Defermery Park in West Oakland, July 28, 1968.

White Hands and Black Skulls: From the Panthers to ‘Straight Outta Compton’ White Hands and Black Skulls: From the Panthers to ‘Straight Outta Compton’

Two new films prove the urgency, and inadequacy, of outrage.

Aug 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

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