The Right-Wing Media's Election Analysis Just Ain't That Good
Back in 2001, conservative media figures were adamant. Democratic Party victories at the ballot boxes during the off-year elections had little national significance.
Back in 2001, conservative media figures were adamant. Democratic Party victories at the ballot boxes during the off-year elections had little national significance.
Brian Dickie | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
We watched HBO's documentary on Maurice Sendak alternately with laughter and tears. Maurice has been an important part of my life for the last 29 years.
Bruce Raynor | Posted 10.16.2009 | Entertainment
Anyone who cares about maintaining the middle-class in this country should see Schmatta. The film tells a storied history and raises questions that are central to the future of the American Dream.
Murray Fromson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment
Not in many years has television given the American viewing public an example of as impressive a documentary as HBO did Monday evening with The Last Truck: the Closing of a GM Factory.
Liza Weisberg | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment
In their new HBO documentary The Yes Men Fix the World, the eponymous pranksters take aim at unapologetic free market profiteers.
Liza Weisberg | Posted 08.11.2009 | Entertainment
A tender, nostalgic profile of the Camelot clan through the eyes of its youngest member, the documentary plays eerily like a premature eulogy.
Michael Shrage | Posted 05.09.2009 | Entertainment
Thrilla in Manila looks at the famous Muhammad Ali/Joe Frazier rivalry from Frazier's perspective in a transparent representation of the fighter's tumultuous relationship with his better known rival.
Katie Halper | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics
Matt O'Neill: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have become the background noise in this presidential election. No one is paying attention right now.
Juli Weiner | Posted 08.12.2008 | Entertainment
The decision to give cameras to four Baghdadi teenagers is inspired; the boys document school and warfare with neutral equality, and it's thanks to this blind prioritizing that the film is able to capture the interiority of its subjects.
Juli Weiner | Posted 07.29.2008 | Entertainment
Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss has emerged from prison with renewed entrepreneurial zest; she hopes to open what will become the first brothel that caters to female clientele. She's christened the the project "Stud Farm."
David Holbrooke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
Tonight at 8pm Eastern, one of the stranger relationships of my life will enter a new phase.
Karl Frisch | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media