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HuffPost Review - Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tarp, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Reviews, Michael Moore, Scott Mendelson, George W. Bush, Propaganda, Documentary, Chris Dodd, Capitalism: A Love Story, Bank Bailout, News, Barack Obama, Movies, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

For the first time that I can remember, a Michael Moore documentary/propaganda piece is less about the subject at hand and more about Michael Moore himself.

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New York, You've Changed -- Ghostbusters, Part Two

Nick Carr | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Chinatown, Ghostbusters, Columbia University, New York, Harold Ramis, New York Public Library, Bill Murray, Tribeca, Little Italy, Hudson Street, Scouting Ny, Movies, New York You've Changed, Ghost Busters, Ghostbusters 3, New York News
Nick Carr

A full shot-by-shot dissection to see what New York once was and what it has become -- by way of Ghostbusters scenes.

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IMAX Releases Study on Multiplex vs. Classic Auditoriums

Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Imax, News, Scott Mendelson, Movies, Star Trek, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

The somewhat predictable result: "There was no meaningful difference in satisfaction levels between classic design and multiplex design IMAX locations."

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Should We Want Movies Like Sandra Bullock's The Blind Side?

Mark Blankenship | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Racism, The Blind Side, Paternalism, Football, Movies, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

In the manipulated world of movie trailers, Oher's story is a disturbing revival of the "benevolent white master" trope.

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Toronto Film Festival Wrap-up

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, The Coen Brothers, Vera Farmiga, Documentary, Michael Moore, George Clooney, Movies, Capitalism: A Love Story, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

The Toronto Film Festival ended over the weekend. In covering it I saw some 24 films in all, including a few Oscar hopefuls that actually delivered.

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New York, You've Changed: Ghostbusters, Part One

Nick Carr | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Central Park, Ghostbusters, Rudy Giuliani, 1980s, Columbia University, Bill Murray, Tribeca, Fifth Avenue, Spiderman, Scouting Ny, Movies, New York News
Nick Carr

Reliving the magic of Ghostbusters through pictures of New York, then and now.

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Toronto Film Fest Day 7 and 8: The Homestretch

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Solomon Kane, Hugh Hefner, Toronto Film Festival, Richard De Klerk, Documentary, Lebanon, Film Festival, Playboy, Tilda Swinton, Conan, Movies, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

I'm hitting the homestretch on Toronto. Six films in the last two days I'm here. Have I made it clear that you don't always know what you think about a film on a first viewing?

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Is Paranormal Activity the Next Blair Witch?

Chris Willman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Telluride Film Festival, Paranormal, Demonization, Viral Marketing, Ghosts, Horror Movies, Paramount Pictures, Supernatural, Movies, Blair Witch, Entertainment News
Chris Willman

Based on a scream-filled screening I caught at the Telluride Film Festival, Paramount's faith may not be misplaced, though it's anyone's guess whether lightning (or pesky demons) can strike the same public fancy twice.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Ben Whishaw and Paul Schneider on Jane Campion's Bright Star

Dan Persons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fanny Brawne, Australia, Jane Campion, Film, Poets, Courtship, Repression, Poetry, Exclusive, Romance, 19th Century, Ben Whishaw, London, Charles Brown, Movies, Paul Schneider, England, Interview, The Piano, Great Britain, John Keats, Love, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

The film, in short, is sweet, sad, and moving but with Campion's astringent edge keeping the proceedings from lapsing into sentimentality. And that makes all the difference.

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Toronto Film Fest Day 6: Mild Disappointment, Happy Success and a Hero

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Tom Ford, Todd Solondz, Christopher Isherwood, Colin Firth, Movies, Julianne Moore, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

The strength of designer Tom Ford's film, A Single Man, is not some flashy or gorgeous visual style but the acting. Ford brought out an award-winning performance from Colin Firth.

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Film on American Muslims Can Help Europe Understand Islam

Frankie Martin | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Culture and Cultures International Film Festival, France, Europe, Islam, Akbar Ahmed, Journey Into America, Denis Piel, Padies, Film, Movies, World News
Frankie Martin

Nestled in a medieval village in the French countryside, we ate delicious international food and watched four films a day from all corners of the world.

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The Cove To Be Shown At Tokyo International Film Festival

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Tokyo, Tokyo International Film Festival, Tokyo Film Festival the Cove, Animals, Movies, The Cove, Green News

TOKYO — The Tokyo International Film Festival will show "The Cove," a documentary that depicts the slaughter of dolphins in Japan. But the decis...

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Two Guys Walk Into A Bar...

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Trailer, Football, Matt Weiner, Aghanistan, Manhood, Shepard Fairey, Movies, Media News
Tom Matlack

These two guys set out to write a book about what it means to be a good man -- not self-help drivel, not book about guys for women.

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Antonio Banderas and Laura Linney Talk The Other Man

Jenna Busch | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Other Man, Richard Eyre, Antonio Banderas, Laura Linney, Interview, Movies, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

Antonio Banderas: This is a movie that, in Hollywood, would literally have been impossible to make. Because it would have cut the peaks and lows of the movie and make something very edible for audiences.

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From Toronto to Pittsburgh to Jay Leno, Capitalism Marches On...

Michael Moore | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Labor, Class Warfare, Venice Film Festival, Jay Leno, Michael Moore, Toronto Film Festival, Afl-Cio, Universal Health Care, Capitalism: A Love Story, Single Payer, Capitalism, Labor Unions, Movies, Pittsburgh, Capitalism Movie, Entertainment News
Michael Moore

My crew and I had one thought in mind while we were filming Capitalism: What if the powers-that-be refuse to give us funding for the next movie after they see what we've put in this one?

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Toronto Film Fest Day 5: Cycling, Silliness, Senior Citizens, Soul and Sexy Babes

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bitch Slap, Michael Cera, Til Schweiger, Toronto Film Festival, Lucy Lawless. Fatih Akin, Gay, Film, Movies, Xena, Drive-In, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

If you get to Cannes, you stay there for much of the fest. But if you can make it to Toronto for a weekend, why not?

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Dirty Dancing in Hollywood

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dirty Dancing, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Agents, Patrick Swayze, Indie Film, Movies, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Charlotte Safavi

Everyone has a Dirty Dancing story. This is mine. In the mid-'80s, a year out of Oxford University and a year into an investment-banking career, I decided to dance.

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What Makes a Movie "Spiritual?"

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Stephen Simon, Arjuna Ardagh, Spiritual Cinema Circle, Free Tele-Seminars, Movies, Cinema, Living News
Arjuna Ardagh

My favorite all time translucent movie is Alan Ball's American Beauty. What is your list of the five most "spiritual" or "translucent" films you have ever seen?

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New Film Earth Days Looks At The History Of Environmental Activism

Grist | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Enviromental Activism, Environment, Earth Days, Earth Days Film, Movies, Green News

Featuring interviews with a who's who of influential environmentalists, Earth Days starts in postwar suburbia and describes the creeping sense of disc...

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Toronto Film Fest Day 4: Two Documentaries and a Little Girl

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Documentary, Ballet, Michael Moore, Movies, Frederick Wiseman, Adoption, Capitalism: A Love Story, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

You could spend an entire film festival going from press conference to round table to one-on-one interviews. I'd rather see the films and worry about interviews some other time.

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Israel and Iran Trump Michael Moore at Venice

Nina Burleigh | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Iran, Venice Film Festival, Israel, Middle East, Movies, Michael Moore, Capitalism: A Love Story, Entertainment News
Nina Burleigh

The two surprise winners at the Venice Film Festival represent the yin and yang of the modern Middle East.

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Toronto Film Fest Day 3: Cartoons, Cads and Commies

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Oscar Wilde, Toronto Film Festival, Leon Trotsky, Disney, Film, Movies, Cinema, Animation, Capitalism Movie, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Tomorrow is just a train wreck of competing film screenings. I interview Vera Farmiga at 10:20 for the excellent Up In The Air. But then what?

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Toronto Film Fest Day 2: Two Hits, A Fun Miss and Then Malaise

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, The Coen Brothers, Vera Farmiga, George Clooney, Film Festival, Vikings, Movies, Jason Reitman, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Reviewed: the new Coen brothers movie, George Clooney, fuzzy Ukrainian subtitles and a pack of arty Vikings.

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2009, Apocalypse Now

Giles Slade | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Vigo Mortenson, Made to Break, Guy Pearce, Giles Slade, Godzilla, Shane Acker, Post Apocalypse, Tim Burton, Vincent Price, Ed Woods, Movies, 2012, The Road, Apocalypse, Chris Bucci, Roger Ebert, 9, Independence Day, Climate Change, Edward Scissorhands, North American Ark, Wall-E, Roland Emmerich, Cormac McCarthy, Health Care, Corpse Bride, Entertainment News
Giles Slade

The Copenhagen conference is billed as humanity's last chance to reverse climate change, but many fear we have already reached a global tipping point. Our films reflect this.

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Finding Yourself and Your First Film, on Google

Jim Killeen | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Google, Health Care Executive, Independent Film, Traffic Engineer, Detective, Jim Killeen, Father, Google Me, Movies, Killeen Texas, Priest, Swinger, Entertainment News
Jim Killeen

I met a sexual swinger in Denver, a father of eight in St. Louis, a retired NYPD detective, a traffic engineer in Scotland, and a health care executive in Melbourne Australia.

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