Tag Archives: Film

FILM / Jonah Raskin : Reviewing ‘Fruitvale’ and Remembering the Panthers

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Reviewing Coogler’s Fruitvale Stationand reflecting on the Black Panthers Fruitvale Station shows how far we’ve traveled since the days of the Panthers, and how little we’ve traveled. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | August 12, 2013 The only … Continue reading →

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FILM / Michael Simmons : How Bob Fass Revolutionized Late-Night Radio

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Bob Fass in the WBAI studios in New York. Photo by, yes, Bob Fass. Photos courtesy Radio Unnameable. Radio Unnameable:Bob Fass revolutionized late-night radio Fass and ‘Cabal’ changed history and deserve the credit and Lovelace and Wolfson have provided the … Continue reading →

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FILM / Jonah Raskin : Robert Redford ‘Keeps Company’ with the Sixties Underground

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

‘The Company You Keep’:Robert Redford’s overambitioustake on the Sixties underground He clearly wanted to make an epic about then and now, about Sixties radicals and their kids, and he couldn’t pull it off. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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FILM / Dave Zirin : ’42’ is Jackie Robinson’s Bitter Pill

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

  A Review of ’42’:Jackie Robinson’s bitter pill This was a man tortured by the fact that his own experience was used as a cudgel against building a public, fighting movement against racial injustice. By Dave Zirin | The Rag … Continue reading →

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FILM / David McReynolds : ‘How to Survive a Plague’ Is the Remarkable Story of ACT UP’s Battle Against AIDS

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

How to Survive a Plague:The remarkable story of ACT UP Panic spread slowly. Rock Hudson’s death gave the disease a public face, but took us no closer to the cause. By David McReynolds | The Rag Blog | April 10, … Continue reading →

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Alan Waldman : ‘Gregory’s Girl’ Is a Simply Wonderful 1981 Scottish Film

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

 Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Bill Forsyth’s look at teenage awkwardness and high school romance is original, moving, surprising, and hilarious. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | March 5, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan … Continue reading →

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Alan Waldman : ‘The Barbarian Invasions’ is a Moving, Funny, Smart, Superb Canadian Film

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Denys Arcand’s French-Canadian gem won Oscar and 40 other international honors. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | February 20, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his … Continue reading →

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FILM / Jonah Raskin : ‘Django Unchained’ is Quentin Tarantino in Blackface

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Django Unchained:Quentin Tarantino in Blackface At times, the movie seems like an advertisement for integration on the bounty hunting circuit, and for friendship between a black and a white man who both kill without compunction. By Jonah Raskin / The … Continue reading →

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James McEnteer : The Pirates of Ecuador

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Nuke the Fridge.Straight to video:That movie’s too expensive! Knock it off! By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | January 29, 2013 “I’d like to thank the members of the Academy. Or at least, one of them…” QUITO, … Continue reading →

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Alan Waldman : ‘Croupier’ is an Excellent, Moody English Thriller

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: The best film of 2000 introduced super-talented Clive Owen to America. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | January 22, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his … Continue reading →

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Alan Waldman : My Favorite Films (and TV Shows) of 2012

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Les Misérables was Alan’s top pick.My 13 favorite films(and 43 TV shows) of 2012 ‘Les Miz‘ was #1 and ‘I Am‘ was #2. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | January 10, 2013 Les Misérables (U.K.) is a magnificent … Continue reading →

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FILM / Jonah Raskin : ‘Searching for Sugar Man’

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Searching for Sugar Man: The Sixties surface, again Rodriquez is himself a Sixties survivor. His songs capture the mood of the late 1960s and the early 1970s. They reflect the anger, the aspirations, and the despair of the era. By … Continue reading →

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