
Crowdfunding is a great liberal idea–that might just be the saving of conservatives. So crowdfunding, for those who don’t know–and many conservatives don’t–is a new way of funding a creative project if you want to record an album, publish a
by Phelim McAleer1 Apr 2014, 1:14 PM PST0
Filmmaker Michael Moore, has just published a new book. It’s called “Here Comes Trouble” and (with his permission) the UK Guardian last week published an excerpt. The Guardian extract focused on the period after Moore’s famous 2003 Oscar acceptance speech
by Phelim McAleer14 Sep 2011, 9:20 AM PST0
Josh Fox has responded to valid journalistic questions about his documentary Gasland by stifling the freedom of the press. I travelled to Chicago for a Q&A where Fox admitted hiding facts from his documentary that contradicted his scaremongering about drilling
by Phelim McAleer6 Jun 2011, 8:45 AM PST0
Hollywood, particularly at awards ceremonies, prides itself as being courageous, ahead of the pack and willing to discuss and say the unpopular long before the rest of the world has caught up. This is of course nonsense but it has
by Phelim McAleer6 Jul 2010, 11:20 AM PST0
**Programming details after the jump. Disney is famously apolitical. In fact, it probably prides itself as an anti-political organization. For years its calling card has been producing family oriented fare that would be welcome in any American household. Indeed it
by Phelim McAleer21 Apr 2010, 5:01 PM PST0
And does the self-proclaimed defender of the working and middle classes actually know anything about them and how they live? My questions were prompted after a “letter from Michael Moore” popped into my inbox. It was promoting the DVD launch
by Phelim McAleer11 Mar 2010, 6:51 AM PST0
It has been fascinating to observe how a multinational corporation that is so popular and trusted can be so flatfooted and incapable of responding to a crisis. Like many of these crises it started small. The corporation seemed invincible and
by Phelim McAleer2 Mar 2010, 7:25 AM PST0
Our documentary Not Evil Just Wrong is on tour in Alaska. The film asks if Global Warming science is really settled but perhaps more importantly focuses on the damage that proposed “solutions” will have on the poorest people on the
by Phelim McAleer28 Jan 2010, 9:28 AM PST0
It is only a matter of time before Environmentalists and some scientists blame the Haiti earthquake and its massive death toll on Global Warming. They have already laid the groundwork with this Sept 2009 article in the UK Guardian newspaper.
by Phelim McAleer15 Jan 2010, 6:41 AM PST0
It really is a great time to be an independent journalist/filmmaker. With the mainstream media devoting to trying to turn policy differences into racism it leaves the task of asking hard questions to people in power open to the rest
by Phelim McAleer24 Sep 2009, 4:28 AM PST0
The first episode of “Law & Order” UK has just ended on British television. Spreading the franchise across the pond does have difficulties because of the differing legal systems but it still stays close to the setting and pacing of
by Phelim McAleer24 Feb 2009, 2:19 PM PST0
Everywhere they go Irish children endure politics disguised as education or entertainment. The Irish Times is, like the New York Times, the country’s most influential newspaper. They recently teamed up with Irish government’s overseas aid department and produced an educational
by Phelim McAleer26 Jan 2009, 6:20 AM PST0