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Hillary Clinton

Fahrenheit 11/9 documentary review: America is burning (LFF 2018)

Tue, Oct 23, 2018
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In his latest righteous broadside, Michael Moore takes on Donald Trump as but a symptom of the political rot in the United States. Upsetting, enraging, exhausting… which is just as it should be.

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11/8/16 (aka November 8th) documentary review: too soon, too soon

Wed, Dec 06, 2017
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An important portrait of America on the day that changed it for the worse… but difficult to watch, with the impact of the election still spiraling out of control.

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Michael Moore in TrumpLand movie review: hope and humanity in a dark hour

Mon, Oct 31, 2016
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The filmmaker presents a standup-comedy case for Hillary Clinton for president, not as a fan of Clinton but as a patriot worried about the state of America.

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curated: Anchorman predicted the Clinton-v-Trump debates…

Mon, Oct 24, 2016
1 comment

Sad.

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The Purge: Election Year movie review: soylent green is Donald Trump!

Fri, Aug 26, 2016
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A few hints of stagnation aside, this franchise remains a terrifyingly trenchant dystopia. A brutal vision of an America not far removed from our own.

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Weiner documentary review: the unchecked narcissism of politics

Thu, Jul 07, 2016
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Hugely watchable cautionary tale of Shakespearean proportions about 21st-century politics. Beautifully, nastily perfect in its ironies and twists.

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The Brainwashing of My Dad documentary review: pushing back against Fox News

Fri, Mar 18, 2016
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An entertaining look at why Fox News is setting the agenda for what passes for journalism in the U.S, and a tool, perhaps, for deprogramming its adherents.

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London Has Fallen movie review: agitprop security theater

Wed, Mar 02, 2016
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A Nuremberg rally for 21st-century America. Pure terror porn: racist, jingoistic, thoroughly obnoxious. Donald Trump voters will love it. *sob*

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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi movie review: American mercenary

Fri, Jan 29, 2016
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Michael Bay propagandizes for a right-wing idea of “true America,” seething with disdain for anyone who isn’t a former elite soldier turned mercenary.

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