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Getting Stoned with De Niro

October 7, 2010 By Ed Rampell Leave a Comment

Ed Rampell: Will moviegoers feel they’d rather not feel so all alone, and that everybody must get Stone-d?

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Ed Rampell: Going postal: A rare work of art with working class heroes who are Communists, luminously, imaginatively brought to life onstage by a creative collective of talents worthy of Neruda’s poetry.

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Wall Street: Oliver Stone’s Das Kapital-ist

September 23, 2010 By Ed Rampell 1 Comment

Ed Rampell: Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is a bold, visually stunning movie and the best critique of the capitalist system and its 2008 financial meltdown since Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story.

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Two Civil Rights Movies Find the Cost of Freedom

September 14, 2010 By Ed Rampell Leave a Comment

Dan Sultan and Jessica Mauboy in Bran Nue Dae

Bran Nue Dae and Neshoba remind us of how far we’ve come – and how far we still have to go before we overcome and that Brand New Day of equality dawns.

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Richard Schickel’s Clint: A Retrospective

September 6, 2010 By Jim Cullen Leave a Comment

Jim Cullen: Clint Eastwood is, finally, an inspiring figure in his demonstration of the value of hard work for its own sake, and the hope, whether realized or not, that it might also have value for others.

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Laughing So Hard

November 26, 2009 By Dick Price Leave a Comment

So, right, it’s a wonderful movie, and as much as the LA Progressive does such things, we give it four stars, a kiss and a hug and a pat on the behind, and recommend that you see it. But I think we were touched with something more that night.

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Getting Stoned with De Niro

Il Postino: Going Postal

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Two Civil Rights Movies Find the Cost of Freedom

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