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JFK

MLK/FBI documentary review: suppressing dissent, American style

Thu, Jan 21, 2021
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Beautiful in its style, enraging in its substance, this skewering of the FBI’s surveillance of the civil-rights icon is essential for understanding the near-term roots of white supremacy in America.

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Apollo 11 documentary review: you are there, on the Moon (Sundance London 2019)

Fri, Jun 28, 2019
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This astonishing assemblage of vintage footage, some never before seen, may be unspoilable (we know how it ends) but it’s still hugely suspenseful, and beautifully immersive visually and emotionally.

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The Front Runner movie review: when politics turned tabloid (LFF 2018)

Tue, Nov 06, 2018
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Snappy Sorkin-esque banter, 80s nostalgia, and Hugh Jackman in a bad wig yet still hot as hell. But also an enraging, ironic look at how a reality-TV resume ended up becoming a legit qualification for the American presidency.

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Concussion movie review: heads up

Mon, Dec 21, 2015
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A quietly horrifying, solidly entertaining medical procedural that makes no bones about the terrible damage American football causes to its players.

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London photo: JFK memorial

Mon, Sep 14, 2015
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I only recently discovered this memorial to U.S. President John F. Kennedy…

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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia documentary review: repeating history

Thu, May 22, 2014
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A hugely entertaining biography of one of the great observers of the American century whose witty, bitter obstinance offers essential criticism of the U.S.

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evening clickbait: I am a heroine of cinema; who’s the robot that won’t cop out?; Magneto killed JFK; The Representation Project; John Sayles cannot get his films funded; Melissa Leo, agent of awesome

Thu, Dec 12, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today (and one from yesterday).

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An Adventure in Space and Time review: making history

Wed, Nov 27, 2013
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Mark Gatiss treats the legends of Doctor Who’s creation as only a longtime fan can, in a lovely tribute full of the exasperated acceptance that rose-tinted hindsight brings.

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Parkland review (London Film Festival)

Thu, Nov 21, 2013
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This poignant and painful ensemble drama about the lesser-known figures caught up in the JFK assassination reminds us that history happens to regular people, too.

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evening clickbait: Harry Potter postage stamps; girls do too like sci-fi; symphony crowd gasps as JFK assassination announced; Gravity if it was shot in Ikea

Thu, Nov 14, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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