Category Archives: Film

Birth of a Nation: A ‘Public Menace’

Here’s another one I believe we can safely put under the JAPCAT phenomenon. Dorian Lynskey’s “A Public Menace” fits the profile, and has an eerie subtitle to boot: “How the fight to ban The Birth of a Nation shaped the … Continue reading

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The Birth of a Nation that Bans ‘The Birth of a Nation’

It’s the 100 anniversary of D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation. Meanwhile… It’s Slate. And it’s about stopping debate, not having one. Dorian Lynskey (ahem) writes “A Public Menace: How the fight to ban The Birth of a Nation … Continue reading

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I think I could turn and live with animals…

From Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”: I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They … Continue reading

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Love & Mercy

I’m a Brian Wilson fanatic. I’m also no fan of biopics. That being said, I’m hoping Love & Mercy proves me wrong. Why? Because it stars the underrated Paul Dano as the ‘young’ Brian Wilson (aka, the Brian Wilson who … Continue reading

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Philomena (2013)

I’ve been on a Steve Coogan kick of late, having recently devoured both the full 6-episode, BBC series The Trip (2010) as well as it’s followup The Trip to Italy (2014). (Distilled, 90 min versions of each were released as … Continue reading

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The 39 Steps (1935)

A category of my favorite cinematic experience is the ‘innocent man on the run’ genre that Alfred Hitchcock pioneered. While North By Northwest (1959) is my favorite Hitch film of this genre, The 39 Steps (1935) is another great film … Continue reading

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Movies & the Formation of Ethics

Elites are understandably alarmed at the $300 million trajectory of a certain recent movie, a film that elites fret is allegedly dominates by a real ‘Passion of the Christ’ crowd, while Selma (the pride and joy of Oprah and Spielberg) … Continue reading

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A Real ‘Passion of the Christ’ Crowd

Michael Moore perfectly captures liberal elite disdain for all-things-traditional and all-things-military. From FNC: In a long question and answer session published on the website Vice.com, Moore, who was widely criticized by everyone from Kid Rock to John McCain for tweets … Continue reading

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“American Sniper” & Audiences in Iraq

Occasionally, Mediate will put out something worth mentioning. From “How Audiences in Iraq Are Reacting to American Sniper“. From viewers whose land is about to completely taken over by ISIS Islamists teleported from medieval times: American Sniper opened at Baghdad’s … Continue reading

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We Believe in Nothing

“We believe in nothing, Lebowski. Nothing. And tomorrow we come back and we cut off your chonson.”

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