God Bless America

Goldthwait Blesses America

Tony Bartolone | Posted 05.21.2012

Tony Bartolone

However, the most important movie to come out this year will not even be considered a Best Picture contender. God Bless America is cinema at its absolute, bloody best.

Lucas Kavner

Bobcat Goldthwait: From Chair Arsonist To Indie Auteur

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 05.16.2012

Bobcat Goldthwait is many things to many people. He was that guy from the "Police Academy" movies and the celebrated stand-up comic who lit Jay Leno's...

ReThink Review: God Bless America -- Bobcat's Scream

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.15.2012

Jonathan Kim

Bobcat Goldthwait is mad as hell, and he's not going to take it anymore. At least, the two main characters of his dark comedy God Bless America won't.

'God Bless America' At West End: HuffPost DC Top 5 For May 14, 2012

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 05.14.2012

TOP 5 PICKS FOR MONDAY, MAY 14 1. "God Bless America" At West End Cinema It's horrible outside so today is all about movies. Bobcat Goldthwait's n...

Interview: Bobcat Goldthwait Sharpens His Claws

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.11.2012

Marshall Fine

From Glenn Beck to TMZ to American Idol, no one is safe from Goldthwait's razor-edged wit, which is informed by his unhappiness at the kind of things that pass for news in the world of the 24-hour news cycle.

Review: Goldthwait Goes Off In 'God Bless America'

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 05.10.2012

-- Bobcat Goldthwait's targets are many and easy and obvious in "God Bless America," his satire of everything that's wrong with the world today, but ...

Why Internet Commenters Hate My Movie

Bobcat Goldthwait | Posted 05.09.2012

Bobcat Goldthwait

Sometimes I can't help myself, and I do the worst thing imaginable in modern society. I read comments online. I'm not proud, but I've found some recurring themes about me and my new movie, God Bless America, that I'd like to address.

Movie Review: God Bless America

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.07.2012

Marshall Fine

An antidote to the current state of popular culture and media, God Bless America takes square aim at everything that is crass, craven and crappy on television, radio and everywhere else.

Getting Ready for Sundance

Marshall Fine | Posted 03.19.2012

Marshall Fine

Seeing a movie without the slightest preconception of what you're going to see is the purest form of film-going, the place where excitement is born.

Memories of Kate Smith

Howard Kissel | Posted 12.31.2011

Howard Kissel

Kate Smith was most closely associated with our secondary national anthem, "God Bless America," at a time when anything patriotic was deemed beneath contempt.

Live from Toronto Film Festival: Wednesday 9.14.11

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.15.2011

Marshall Fine

Given the size of the Toronto Film Festival and the goals I have when I'm here (primarily to see movies that will be released so I can bank reviews fo...

'God Bless America'? Not In This Classroom

Posted 11.14.2011

A federal appeals court in California ruled Tuesday that a San Diego-area math teacher does not have the constitutional right to display banners refer...

Baseball And 'God Bless America,' 10 Years Later

Posted 10.11.2011

NEW YORK — Six days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Major League Baseball returned to the field with a new ritual. During the seventh...

Father's Day at Citi Field

Alan Singer | Posted 08.22.2011

Alan Singer

I spent Father's Day afternoon with a friend at Citi Field in Queens catching the Mets versus the Angels in inter-league play. It was a beautiful day;...

'God Bless America!' And The Sin Of Arrogance

Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge | Posted 05.25.2011

Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge

God blesses us -- as a nation and as individuals -- when we realize we cannot simply live only for ourselves or for our nation, but for God and for each other.

Which God Blesses America?

Paul Froese | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Froese

When the president says "God bless America," exactly whose God does he mean? Americans hear vastly different messages, and here is both the power and the danger in talking about God.

Yankee Baseball Fan Settles 'God Bless America' Lawsuit

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- A baseball fan who says he was kicked out of a Yankees game because he left his seat during ''God Bless America'' has settled a lawsu...

No Religion? No Problem

Nica Lalli | Posted 11.17.2011

Nica Lalli

Demographers are already salivating ahead of the upcoming U.S. Census, which will no doubt show just how different 2010 America is from 2000 America.

James Fallows To Obama: Stop Saying "God Bless America"

The Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011

This may be a small thing, but: I hate, hate, hate the lazy modern presidential habit of ending all major addresses with the phrase "And God bless th...

An American Tune

Anne Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Anne Hill

It's one of those weird things, the patriotic hymns of your youth still live in your heart somewhere, despite all the things you learn in the meantime.

Forget Hockey: Where Does Sarah Palin Stand on Baseball?

Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Karen Stabiner

If Westbrook Pegler were alive today, would he join in when we sing "God Bless America" in a ballpark, or would he mutter nasty asides about the religious beliefs of its esteemed composer?