movies for the resistance

MaryAnn’s quick take: Brash, chaotic, full of bleak humor and bitter irony. With blockbuster vibes over an anarchic indie heart, it’s both earnest and winking. One Battle After Another is outstanding in-flight entertainment for our societal freefall. Read the review…

Movies that reflect the revolutionary spirit we will need to transform our broken world.

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2023 films

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2022 films

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2021 films

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Judas and the Black Messiah
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from 2020

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The Glorias
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Misbehaviour
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Sorry We Missed You
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from 2019

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Woman at War
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The Public

from 2018

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ACORN and the Firestorm
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BlackKklansman
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Blindspotting
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Generation Wealth
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The Hate U Give
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Monsters and Men
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Postcards from the 48%
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RBG
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Sorry to Bother You
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A Wrinkle in Time

  
recent years
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Human Flow
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I Am Not Your Negro
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classics
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Soylent Green
All the President’s Men
Children of Men [my 2007 review]
The China Syndrome
The Corporation [my 2005 review]
Dave
A Day Without a Mexican
Do the Right Thing
Fahrenheit 451
Gaslight
Good Night, and Good Luck. [my 2005 review]
The Great Dictator
How to Survive a Plague [my 2013 review]
Idiocracy [my 2007 review]
Lord of War [my 2005 review]
Network
1984
Norma Rae
Passport to Pimlico
Robocop (1987)
Roger and Me
Searching for Debra Winger
The Siege [my 1998 review]
Silkwood
They Live
The Truman Show [my 1998 review]
V for Vendetta [my 2006 review]
Wag the Dog [my 1998 review]

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my reaction under consideration
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my reaction under gag order for now
not yet seen by me OR awaiting rewatch and reconsideration as a movie for the resistance