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WALL-E issues a stark warning about Earth’s future
Brian Krier | Tue, Jul 8th, 2008 | Category: Reviews | Tags: brian krier, film review, consumption, future planet, waste, disney, consumerism, wall-e, pixar, convenience culture, social commentary | 2
WALL-E, the latest animated feature from Pixar Studios, presents some unsettling images of Earth 700 years in the future: uninhabited cities built out of infinite fields of garbage; a planet devoid of human civilization; a landscape in which the color green has been removed from the spectrum; and one robot that rules all. It only takes a minute to realize that WALL-E is not your typical kid’s movie.
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Documentary Asks Aspiring Female Politicians “What’s Your Point?”
Brian Krier | Wed, Jul 2nd, 2008 | Category: Reviews | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, hillary clinton, brian krier, film review, gender, equality, the white house project, project 2024, documentary, politics | 1
For the fifth stop in their multi-city promotional tour, New York filmmakers Amy Sewell and Susan Toffler held a screening of their documentary what’s your point, honey? in Philadelphia last Thursday evening, exploring the issue of gender inequality in American politics.
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Persepolis: A City Worth Visiting
Hayley Richardson | Thu, Feb 14th, 2008 | Category: Reviews | Tags: hayley richardson, animation, marjane satrapi, film review, persepolis, julia alvarez, iran, edwidge danticat, war on terror, chador | 1
Persepolis, based on the 2003 graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, is an autobiographical portrait of resistance in the face of suppression. It’s a poignant coming of age story that begins in pre-revolutionary Iran, where precocious Marjane is schooled in radical ideas by her left-wing, intellectual parents. As a child, she regularly constructs night-time conversations between Marx and God, and peppers her extended family with questions, many of whom were jailed for speaking out against…
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