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fromSan Francisco Bay Times
1 week ago

Sister Dana sez, "Happy VALENTINE'S DAY..." - San Francisco Bay Times

Federal overreach and violent enforcement threaten civil liberties while community, remembrance of veterans, and small-town versus big-city politics shape local activism and cultural life.
Film
fromSlate Magazine
4 months ago

Nick Offerman's Principled Hypocrisy

Nick Offerman portrays an anti-government extremist in Sovereign while sharing his small-town political roots, woodworking teaching passion, and influence from Wendell Berry.
fromThe New Yorker
5 months ago

The Political Trickery of "Eddington"

A filmmaker who wanted to make a politically contentious movie couldn't do much better than to set it in mid-2020, when the United States, under the covid-19 lockdown and approaching a Presidential election, was tearing itself apart over masking mandates and then over the fallout from the killing of George Floyd. This is precisely what Ari Aster's recent film "Eddington" does, wading with apparent boldness into a slew of issues that remain divisive even five years on.
Film
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