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By Michelle Fawcett From the December 31, 1969 issue | Posted in Film, IndyBlog, Not an Article, Reviews Over the 78 minutes of his documentary, Stone sketches a broad overview of Chavez’s “Bolivarian” revolution that seeks to expel the United States and the International Monetary Fund from the region. On top of that, Stone is trying to provide a corrective to the mainstream media’s demonization of Chavez and other left-leaning leaders in the region. In an exclusive interview, Stone said, this is a “big picture of big changes,” made by a big director against big media. read more »
By Indypendent Staff From the June 23, 2010 issue | Posted in Culture, Film, Theater For city dwellers in summertime, movie theaters are the ultimate indoor oasis. Dark and cool, they save us from New York’s humidity, noise and crowds — and there are plenty of non-blockbuster movie venues to counter the worst effects of summer. These are highlights from their summer programming. read more »
By Arturo Conde From the June 2, 2010 issue | Posted in Culture, Film, Reviews For the most part, Exit Through the Gift Shop follows Thierry Guetta, a French amateur cameraman with long sideburns that merge with his mustache from under a fedora. The owner of a vintage clothing shop in Los Angeles, Guetta is an obsessive recorder who shoots practically every moment of his life on video, collecting tape after tape, without ever watching them. read more »
By Judith Mahoney Pasternak From the April 21, 2010 issue | Posted in Culture, Film, Judith Mahoney Pasternak, Reviews The vibrant, exciting—and quite illegal—underground music scene in Tehran is the real star of No One Knows About Persian Cats, the stereotype-shattering new film by Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi. read more »
By Eric Stoner From the March 31, 2010 issue | Posted in Culture, Film In 1996, only two years after Nelson Mandela became the first democratically elected president of South Africa, acclaimed filmmaker Connie Field began working on an epic seven-part documentary series about the global campaign to end the racist apartheid regime that plagued the country for more than four decades. read more »
By Judith Mahoney Pasternak From the March 31, 2010 issue | Posted in Culture, Film, Judith Mahoney Pasternak, Reviews “Mussolini Killed in Northern Italy!” trumpeted the April 30, 1945, New York Times, adding, in a sub-headline, “Mistress Killed with Him.” Buried in the story was a brief mention of “his wife, Rachele.” There was no mention of any other wife. read more »
By Judith Mahoney Pasternak From the December 31, 1969 issue | Posted in Film, IndyBlog, Judith Mahoney Pasternak, NYC events, Not an Article, Reviews Vincere
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
A Production of Celluloid Dreams, et al., 2009
In Italian
“Mussolini Killed in Northern Italy!” trumpeted the April 30, 1945, New York Times, adding, in a sub-headline, “Mistress Killed with Him.” Buried in the story was a brief mention of “his wife, Rachele.” There was no mention of any other wife.
It’s now widely accepted, [...] read more »
By Judith Mahoney Pasternak From the February 19, 2010 issue | Posted in Culture, Film, Judith Mahoney Pasternak “Oscar” is getting older—this year marks the 82nd awards ceremony for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. But movie lovers will have to wait until March 7 to find out whether or not he has, in fact, become wiser. read more »
By Raj Patel From the January 29, 2010 issue | Posted in Culture, Film, Reviews Under what rock have you been hiding to miss the storm around James Cameron’s environmental parable, Avatar? Certainly not beneath a hunk of unobtanium: it floats. read more »
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