This is a comical analysis of the symbolism in the original Star Wars film.
JSTOR article from Teaching Sociology concerning the use of 2001: A Space Odyssey in the classroom. Includes questions for use with students
Article detailing concern expressed by families who see violent images on ads run during non-violent shows.
NY Times article on Chinese interrogation techniques during the Korean War which were used against a small number of prisoners in Guantanamo by the U.S. military and which are perhaps still being used by the CIA
Metaphilm article comparing the Edward Woodward version of The Wicker Man to the Nicholas Cage version of The Wicker Man
Analysis/political interpretation of the film Minority Report
NY Times article on the widespread media use of an edited photo obtained from Iran during a missile test
Review of Live Free or Die Hard
Julian Barnes, a Pentagon correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and author of the article The Iraq War Movie: Military Hopes to Shape Genre, speaks with Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale, Army liaison to Hollywood, and Christopher Orr, an online film critic for The New Republic, about the love-hate relationship between Hollywood and the military.
November 16, 2007 · Brian de Palma's Redacted,
which paints a grim picture of the reality of war in Iraq, opens today. It's one of a slew of anti-war movies this year, says Washington Times critic Christian Toto, and many of them aren't playing well.
Lynn Neary speaks to film historian Lawrence Said about the symbiotic relationship between Hollywood and the U.S. military. In his recently updated book, Guts and Glory: The Making of the Ameircan Military Image in
Film, he argues that most Americans form their ideas about war from the
movies.
Opening in two theaters at the start of blockbuster season, War, Inc. was hardly poised for box office dominance. Less surprising than bracing, tilting from savage satire to giddily conventional action-romance, the movie takes aim instead at those few viewers seeking what might be termed "alternative entertainment."
Sir Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel are set to star in the ITV remake of the 1960s TV cult show The Prisoner.