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Jon Stewart

IF movie review: a fantastical vibe in search of a story

Thu, May 16, 2024
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Writer-director John Krasinski’s absolute desperation to whip up magical whimsy utterly fails. No matter how he tries to force enchantment into existence, this is more fever dream than flight of fancy.

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documentaries for understanding how we got President Trump, and for ensuring we never get him or his like again

Thu, Mar 04, 2021
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A free first peek at zeitgeisty film roundups to come…

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Irresistible movie review: are money and politics irretrievably entwined?

Sun, Feb 21, 2021
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This zingy satire is so perfectly, beautifully Jon Stewart: big and brash, raging with fury at the state of American politics but also underlain with hope that it might be changed for the better.

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curated: Jonathan Pie on NHS “outsourcing” and “efficiency savings”

Sun, Oct 23, 2016
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Pie comes the closest to Jon Stewart-style ranting political comedy of anyone in the UK.

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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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Rosewater movie review (London Film Festival)

Fri, Nov 14, 2014
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Jon Stewart’s first film is passionate and principled, as I expected, but also hopeful, almost serene, and even gently amusing, which I did not.

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London photo: everyone wants to see Rosewater at LFF

Tue, Oct 14, 2014
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I wasn’t sure what sort of a draw Jon Stewart would be at the London Film Festival, but there was a huge mob at the press screening of his film.

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movies I can’t wait to see at the 58th BFI London Film Festival

Thu, Sep 04, 2014
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LFF is a veritable orgy of cinema, and I love it. It’s exhausting, but I love it.

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Larry Wilmore taking Colbert’s timeslot with The Minority Report

Sat, May 10, 2014
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This is very cool. Late night will still be a sausage fest, but at least it won’t be all white.

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Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart’s summer vacation is better than yours

Mon, Jun 24, 2013
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I haven’t seen John Oliver’s Daily Show yet, but I just watched Jon Stewart’s guest appearance on the Egyptian equivalent of The Daily Show on the Web.

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