“Are you now or have you ever been a liberal?”
This line that has appeared in two films this London Film Festival — the first being Trumbo, a biopic of the avowed leftie screenwriter who helped to bring down the blacklist.…
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Spotlight digs deep and finds light in the darkness
Spotlight opens at a police station circa 1976 where representatives of the Church, in conjunction with an Assistant DA, are participating in hushing up one such incident.
“I guess the Father was ‘helping out’”, a stocky old-timer wryly comments to a redheaded rookie as a likely sex offender is ushered into the back of a snow-frosted black sedan and away from prosecution.…
Nightcrawler makes a scintillating roadshow out of the modern media circus
The best films are often a product of the age in which they were made (interesting word that, “product”).
Without the post-‘Nam disillusionment of the mid-‘70s, no Taxi Driver. Without the on-air suicide of TV news reporter Christine Chubbuck the same year, no Network.…
Anchorman 2: broadcasting hilarity or just dead air?
It’s been a decade since the original Anchorman regaled us with the exploits of the scotch-guzzling, self-aggrandizing Ron Burgundy and his motley news team.
Having acquired cult status thanks to its endless quotability – “That escalated quickly”, “I love lamp”, etc.,…