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Keeper of the Flame – A 1943 Movie for Today

6/27/2019

  In 1943 the United States was fully engaged in desperate wars in Europe and the vast Pacific. Film studios …

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All The Kings Men: Old Templates for New Demagogues

7/18/2018

  After recent study and due consideration I can say with certainty that to call President Trump the reincarnation of …

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Wild Wild Country: Believing it All

5/8/2018

Anyone who has ever lived in, or been drawn to, Oregon, its coastal villages, conifer forests, big cities or high-desert …

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Wonder Woman – More of the Same Manly Stuff

6/19/2017

Let me introduce myself as one of the only moviegoers in the western world to see Wonder Woman— on the …

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“Border Incident,” 1949 and Desperate Men At the Border

4/18/2017

Anthony Mann was a prolific director (42 credits) of Hollywood movies from the early ’40s to the late ’60s.  Many …

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“Conspiracy” – A Film About Men and Laws

3/31/2017

As I heard Judge Neil Gorsuch last week during the hearings on his suitability for the Supreme Court, repeatedly assert that …

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Movies: Black Fiction, Black History

2/22/2017

What a great couple of months it’s been for movies about the African-American experience. The African-American Film Critics Association calls 2016 …

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Where to Invade Next – Michael Moore

3/9/2016

Despite the contentious nature of his movies Michael Moore has never been a mean or belligerent film-maker.  He has seemed …

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The Big Short: The Street, The Book, The Movie

1/22/2016

There are no good guys in Adam McKay’s new movie, The Big Short, nor in the book of the same name …

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Trumbo: On the Black List for Being Red

12/14/2015

Yep. Go see it. Good, straight-ahead story, mixed fabulously well with archival footage of the era – the ’40s and …

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A Poet and His Work, In Film

10/20/2015

Poetry in film, now there’s a small sub-genre of the movie world. Hayden Reiss‘s long labor of love, Robert Bly: …

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Robert Bly, Poet, Crying Out….

10/17/2015

I saw a wonderful documentary film the other day, titled Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy, about which more …

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