Category Archives: FILM

MICHAEL MOORE’S FILM “FAHRENHEIT 11/9”

Michael Moore’s latest film, Fahrenheit 11/9, is about Trump — but not only! It includes footage I hadn’t seen before shaming Obama, Bill Clinton, and the Democrats as well as the odious fascists (are there any other kinds, or is “odious” unnecessary as a modifyer of “fascist”?) now running the U.S. executive branch. I’ve read […]

TOO LONG IN LINCOLN’S SHADOW

[As with all articles posted to this website, your comments are very welcome. Please post them! – Mitchel] by STAN HISTER Unhappy is the land that needs a hero – Bertolt Brecht Abraham Lincoln is one of those touchstone historical figures who we seem to have to reinvent every generation. I’m not sure, though, if […]

GUEST POST: DARK-ZERO FEMINISM

Written two days after the nation-wide launch of ZERO DARK THIRTY; and One day after the Golden Globe Awards by ZILLAH EISENSTEIN Distinguished Scholar, Ithaca College http://zillaheisenstein.wordpress.com (January 14, 2013 — Ithaca New York) The film starts with a black blank screen and the voices from people stuck in the trade towers on that fateful […]