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Matewan (1987): Prelude to America’s Forgotten Battle
A bit more than a century ago, the coal fields of southern West Virginia were the epicenter of a conflict between miners and coal companies which…
May 19
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Revenge of the Sith (2005): Demagoguery, Dictatorship, and a Personalised Parable of Political Shift
In Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), which came out twenty years ago this month, director and writer George Lucas uses the intensely…
May 4
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. Manhunt (2024) tells the story of what happened next.
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln is often discussed as a single, solitary act of violence by a lone actor sympathetic to the Southern…
Apr 15
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Selma (2014): The Power of Peaceful Protest
Sixty years ago this month, Americans from multiple walks of life came to Selma, Alabama to peacefully protest the racial injustice of our society.
Mar 27
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Two Films Featuring George Washington: Valley Forge (1975) and Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003)
Valley Forge (1975)
Feb 21
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Schindler’s List (1993): An Unheeded Warning
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Thomas Keneally’s novel Schindler’s Ark is one of the most critically acclaimed, and undoubtedly most watched, films…
Jan 27
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The Crossing (2000): A George Washington Christmas
In December of 1776, the Continental Army was weary and discouraged.
Dec 26, 2024
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Kennedy (1983) Part 2: “I have a rendezvous with death…”
Continued from Part 1.
Nov 29, 2024
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Kennedy (1983) Part 1: “On some scarred slope of battered hill”
The quotation above is from the poem “I Have a Rendezvous with Death” by Alan Seeger, who died on the 4th of July, 1916, while fighting for the French…
Nov 22, 2024
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The Missiles of October (1974): Apocalypse Then
In his latest book, War, renowned Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward reveals that the world recently came closer to nuclear war than it has in…
Nov 4, 2024
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Young Frankenstein (1974): An Exercise in Cinematic Reanimation
Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein (1974) can be broadly considered a spoof of classic Hollywood horror films. However, this statement belies the extreme…
Oct 31, 2024
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PT-109 (1963): A Future President at War in the Pacific
Almost since cinema was invented, American directors have been making films about its presidents. However, most of these were about presidents who were…
Oct 18, 2024
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