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Top 25 Left-Wing Films: #1 – 'JFK' (1991)

I never realized Kennedy was so dangerous to the establishment. Why it’s a left-wing film Where to begin. With this particular film, discussing “why” it was made is more important and revealing than digging into the specific politics of it

Top 25 Left-Wing Films: #2 – 'Apocalypse Now' (1979)

“Never get out of the boat.” Absolutely goddamn right. Unless you were goin’ all the way… Why it’s a left-wing film With a script loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s novella “Heart of Darkness,” co-writer/director Francis Ford Coppola moves Conrad’s existential

Stephen Colbert Drops His Own 'Two Minutes of Hate' on Palin

UPDATE: Welcome to all the readers sent here by our left-wing friends who run Mediaite. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Mika Brzezinski Experiences Palin Fatigue www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video

Jon Stewart Delivers 'Two Minutes of Hate' on Sarah Palin

In George Orwell’s novel “1984,” on a daily basis everything stops for the Two Minutes of Hate, during which those in political control flash distorted images of their political enemies on a television screen so the populace can rage against

'Film School Rejects' Attacks with Double Barrel of Hypocrisy

Responding critically to my piece from Monday where I call out certain Hollywood types for their breathtaking hypocrisy in laying blame for Saturday’s Tucson tragedy at the feet of Sarah Palin, a political cross-hairs map, and right-wing rhetoric, Film School

Top 25 Left-Wing Films: #6 – 'MASH' (1970)

Goddamn Army. Why it’s a left-wing film Maybe my eternal affection for director Robert Altman’s brilliantly irreverent comedy clouds my judgment, but I don’t want to be too hard on “MASH.” Yes, it uses Korea as pretty weak cover to

Top 25 Left-Wing Films: #7 – 'Platoon' (1986)

Somebody once wrote: “Hell is the impossibility of reason.” That’s what this place feels like. Hell. Why it’s a left-wing film Writer/director Oliver Stone’s Oscar-winner (picture, director, editing, sound) is another Cambodian Holocaust denier, a film that again offers no