Marjorie Rosen, Women's eNews. July 21, 2008. A bountiful crop of summer movies starring women is outshining the usual male-driven action flicks. Let's hope studio heads get the message.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 12, 2008. Cusack's anti-war polemic, War, Inc., continues to defy expectations, despite the traditional media's dismissive reception.
Lauren Wissot, Spout Blog. June 20, 2008. Five movies that would make for a wonderful addition to those abstinence-only programs George W. loves so much.
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. June 17, 2008. Cusack talks about his latest film, War Inc., what it means to make a war movie, and takes time for a little jab at everyone's favorite commentator.
Trey Ellis, Huffington Post. June 11, 2008. As is typical in this kind of exchange, the white accused of racism fails to understand the subtlety of the black complaint.
Melissa Silverstein, The Women's Media Center. June 3, 2008. Sex and the City killed at the box office. Maybe now Hollywood will stop only making movies geared at teen boys.
Cole Abaius, Film School Rejects. April 30, 2008. When it's not tragic, politics can be hilarious. Here's a guide to political comedy that is actually funny.
Lynn Ziegler, Women's eNews. April 9, 2008. There are more women on TV and film these days than decades ago. But media researchers say healthy on-screen gender representation is missing.
Rachel Corbett, Women's eNews. March 20, 2008. As "torture porn" movies deepen their imaginative excursions into violence against women, some of their creators are calling their work feminist.
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. December 28, 2007. If a movie's entire purpose is to titillate misogynists then the standards get a lot looser.
Adam Howard, AlterNet. November 5, 2007. Man From Plains is a moving, redemptive portrait of a president and a presidency that has been unfairly maligned and reduced to a punchline for far too long.
Josh Bolotsky, AlterNet: Video. October 17, 2007. Through the story of Herold Noel, a homeless Iraq war veteran suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and living out of his car in Brooklyn, "When I Came Home" reveals a failing system and the veteran’s struggle to survive after returning from the war.
Oliver Willis, AlterNet: PEEK. October 12, 2007. Oliver Willis: DiCaprio will play the young communications chief while Clooney stars as the Dean surrogate.
Melissa Silverstein, AlterNet. May 5, 2007. As an alternative the teen-targeted summer blockbusters, look beyond the multiplex for films that highlight women's stories.
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet. December 2, 2006. A new documentary that looks at the people most affected by the Israeli-Palestinian divide reminds us that lasting peace will come from popular movements, not political leaders.
Jesse Hamlin, San Francisco Chronicle. October 26, 2006. The notorious Catholic priest Oliver O'Grady -- who sexually abused children for 20 years, including a 9-month-old baby -- is the subject of a chilling new documentary, 'Deliver Us From Evil.'
