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BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2019 Among twenty-two films nominated by the Political Film Society for 2019, the following have been voted by members of the Political Film Society as the very best: For best film EXPOSÉ, there was a tie between two films. Director Fred Grivois won for the film 15 Minutes of War, which […]

FINAL VOTING CONTINUES FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2019 Among twenty-two films nominated by the Political Film Society for 2019 in each of four categories, the list has been narrowed to a final ballot. In the preliminary voting in January, there was a stark contrast between selections: Some favored by one or more voters were

FINAL VOTING FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2019 Among twenty-two films nominated by the Political Film Society for 2019 in each of four categories, the list has been narrowed to a final ballot. In the preliminary voting in January, there was a stark contrast between selections: Some favored by one or more voters were rejected

VOTING CONTINUES FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2019 Twenty-two films have been nominated by the Political Film Society for 2019 in each of four categories. Official Secrets and The Report are the only nominees for the category DEMOCRACY. Four films have been nominated for promoting PEACE—15 Minutes of War, Ashes in the Snow, Jirga, and

VOTING STARTS FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2019 Twenty-two films have been nominated by the Political Film Society for 2019 in each of four categories. Official Secrets and The Report are the only nominees for the category DEMOCRACY. Four films have been nominated for promoting PEACE—15 Minutes of War, Ashes in the Snow, Jirga, and

CLEMENCY PROVIDES MANY REASONS FOR ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY Most arguments against capital punishment are based on morality—that there is a right to life. But Clemency gives many social psychological reasons—how killing one person in fact corrodes the lives of many others. Directed by Chinonye Chukwu, the focus in Clemency is on unsmiling yet composed

JUST MERCY HONORS THE ONE WHO GOT 140 BLACKS RELEASED FROM DEATH ROW Bryan Stevenson (played by Michael B. Jordan) decided to establish the Equal Justice Initiative in Monroe County, Alabama, in 1989. Mistreated as an African American while growing up in Delaware, he accepted an invitation from local advocate Eva Ansley (Brie Larson) to

BOMBSHELL REVEALS THE SEXIST FOXNEWS CULTURE Jay Roach directs Bombshell to demonstrate the downfall of FoxNews CEO Roger Ailes (played by John Lithgow) and Bill O’Reilly (Kevin Dorff). The film reveals that females cannot appear on the cable network unless they first show off their bodies to Ailes—and more. They accept Ailes’s prejudices to get

SEBERG TRIES TO EXPLAIN WHY A BUDDING ACTRESS DIED AT AGE 40 Iowa-born actress Jean Seberg (played by Kristen Stewart), icon of the French New Wave films, flies from Paris to Los Angeles in 1968. When Hakim Jamal (Anthony Makie) demands to sit in first class, she supports him. When she walks off the plane,

A HIDDEN LIFE SHOWS THE EFFECTS OF NAZI CONTROL OF AUSTRIA The Austrian Alps are a cinematic paradise where farmers work hard but happily. The Anschluss changed the situation, as depicted in A Hidden Life, directed by Terrence Malick. At the center is Franz Jägerstätter (played by August Diehl) and his family in St. Radegund.