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The conversation on my review of Sicko got a bit of a jumpstart this week, so it’s a good moment to mention that the PBS documentary Critical Condition, about what happens when you don’t have health care in America and dare to get sick, is streaming in its entirety online through November 11, 2008. Watch … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Remember how confusing it was to be a teenager? Billy doesn’t have to remember: he’s still living it here in this 2007 documentary by Jennifer Venditti. Billy the Kid will be released on Region 1 DVD on October 28, and on Region 2 DVD on November … more…
Richard Wolff, professor of economics at UMass Amherst, explains the roots of the current financial crisis and capitalism in general:
Some documentaries change how you see the world. Some change how you see yourself. *Trouble the Water,* astonishingly, does both, and does both better then more you suspect yourself in no need of any eye-opening.
Jack Burridge did a very bad thing, years ago, as a child. Today, he’s a young man just released from a juvenile institution in a British city, trying to make his way anonymously in a world that knows all about his deed, and is not at all willing to pardon him for it.
Time to go public about this, as my online-movie-critiquing colleague Eric Snider has. Almost exactly a year ago, I was approached by Peerflix, the DVD-trading company, which was setting up an advertising network geared to movie-related Web sites and wanted me to join up. The idea was that once enough respected movie-related sites were onboard, … more…
(previous: Chapter Five: “Angels and Monsters”) It may sound absurd: but don’t be naive Even Heroes have the right to bleed I may be disturbed: but won’t you conceed Even Heroes have the right to dream but It’s not easy to be me Everyone thinks superheroes got it made. Not so. [spoiler-laden commentary on last … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… It’s a terrorism romance starring Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams, pulling an English accent. Incendiary opens in the U.K. on October 24; no U.S. release date has been announced.
(previous: Episode 5: “Goodbye to All That”) I find myself moved to snark on the robots from the future and the impending doom of the human race. Hey, it’s the way I roll. Feel free to discuss more in-depth in comments, should you be moved to do so. [spoilers after the jump!] Okay: How the … more…
I won’t tell you what network this news story aired on (though some of you may recognize the logo in the bottom left corner). It’s identified at the end. I will ask: Why should we have to go to this network for this perspective? And don’t say that they’re just trying to make us look … more…
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