I’ve already covered in detail the close relationship President Obama has fostered with folks in Hollywood. The entertainment industry has always skewed liberal, but in this funny political era when nearly every industry has turned against national Democrats, the support provided by folks like George Clooney and Jeffrey Katzenberg was vital to Obama’s re-election. But…
Yesterday, AFI Docs concluded here in Washington, DC. Formerly known as SilverDocs, it is the premiere documentary film festival in the United States. For example, all six 2009 Academy Award-nominated documentary films were screened at Silverdocs 2008. This year, guest writer and documentary aficionado Anthony Flores and I tag-teamed the festival. Over the course of…
It’s a controversy as old as Hollywood itself with a contemporary twist. Here is a scenario that occurs fairly routinely: an actor to completes work on a film, gets worried that it’s not going to turn out well, and trashes the film in advance of its release. The example that jumps to mind is Marlon…
This interview is the third and final article in my series about “The Attack,” which opened in New York and DC this past Friday. It expands to several more cities next weekend. You can read my review at the Washington City Paper and an essay at Film School Rejects. Ziad Doueiri is an award-winning filmmaker, who…
This is a guest review from Anthony Flores. With revelations about the National Security Agency’s surveillance, government secrecy has been in the news. Two recent documentaries, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks by Alex Gibney and Dirty Wars by Rick Rowley, happen to tackle this subject. It should be a fortuitous opportunity to add…
In my ongoing quest to show my wife every movie I’ve ever known and loved, we found ourselves watching Sneakers last night, the 1992 Robert Redford vehicle about a group of hacking misfits who get blackmailed into stealing a codebreaking machine for the government. At least, that’s what they think they’re doing, but it gets complicated…
The following is a guest post from Reel Change reader Anthony Flores. Anthony is a hardened political operative and pretentious cinema fan. He’s much nicer than that makes him sound. Are you a fan of “political movies?” Do you get a kick out of a good thriller in the halls of power? Of a drama…
Have you been following the casting misadventures of Rodham, the upcoming film that follows Hillary Clinton’s early days as a staffer for the House Judiciary Committee? If so, you’re not the only one. Last week, Hollywood.com asked “Why Doesn’t Anybody Want to Play Hillary Clinton?” It’s a terrific question, although it’s a shame they didn’t…
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