What the Oscars ignore: Progies spotlight films you should see
Progie nominees contain a wealth of progressive content and contain many suggestions for progressives viewers to watch ... if you can find the films at your local theater, on TV or anywhere in the U.S.!
What is Hanukkah really all about?
Solstice? revolution? religious miracle? military might? Like most things, this holiday can be viewed from multiple perspectives.
Muppets, Fox News and the Looney Tune right
The sheer wackiness of its anti-Muppets hysteria suggests that Fox News has become a parody of itself - but it represents a powerful political constituency.
Heroes saved television
This was a show about ordinary people who suddenly learned they had great gifts. It was about the idea that everyday people could do something to make the world a better place.
"Skin I Live In" gets very weird
Almodóvar is internationally famous for highly colorful, exceedingly dramatic, often perverse films. Some might find them shocking.
In Time: One man's immortality is another man's death
Time is money. In Time seems to take that quite literally. In what is a brilliant metaphor for modern day class segregation, the poor die young and the rich live forever. And a man named Will Salas sets out to do something about it.
TV’s Supernatural: A horror-drama about real family values
Supernatural highlights family values, working class ideas and portrays bold and powerful statements against religion and politics that few other shows have dared make.
Chicago exhibit shines light on communist art
Koretsky was famous for his dramatic style and bold portrayals of the war on fascism and his critiques of treatment of Africans in Africa.
People, presidents and kings star in new documentaries
Documentaries dealing with history and politics come from all corners of the globe.
Progressive documentaries make their debut
Once again there were many thrilling new documentaries at the Toronto International Film Festival.
