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‘¡Las Sandinistas!’: A Revolution Remembered
Las Sandinistas, a new feature-length documentary film that examines the Nicaraguan revolution of the 1980’s, arrives in theaters at…
Coming Out On the Field: ‘Mario’ Confronts Taboo in Men’s Sports
After premiering to acclaim in Europe, Mario — a moving coming-of-age tale of love, homoeroticism and repression within the…
The Past Comes Alive with Frightening Results in John Carpenter’s ‘The Fog’
Antonio Bay is a small town with a big problem. It seems the California fishing village was founded on…
Michael Moore’s ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’: A Call to Challenge American Despotism
“How the fuck did this happen?” is the question Michael Moore lobs at us as he concludes the first…
New Eugene Debs Film Does the Socialist Proud
A charismatic and militant labor leader, five-time Socialist Party presidential candidate, class-war prisoner jailed by the ostensibly liberal Woodrow…
Fear and Loathing at the Tribeca Film Festival
I’m sitting in a press screening for The Miseducation of Cameron Post at the Tribeca Film Festival and I…
Lou Andreas-Salomé vs. The Patriarchy
The German philosopher insisted on being the master of her own fate even as she inflamed the hearts and minds of some of the late 19th Century’s greatest thinkers.
Meet the Nazi’s Next Door in ‘This is Our Land’
Two women in their forties are sitting eating salads in a diner. One says to the other: “It’s now…
On-the-ground at the Berlin Film Festival
The Indy’s Gordon Glasgow is sending us updates on all the screenings and behind-the-scenes happenings from Germany. Here’s his latest.