Amnesty International is trying to find out what has happened to the Russian activist Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, if you are also concerned, please add your voice here: Pussy Riot: Where Is Nadya?
Brian Phillips for Grantland provides a scintillating critique of the ridiculous hyper-warrior culture propagated in the NFL and the broader American culture: Man Up
Sarinah Masukor for Screening the Past explores French filmmaker Philippe Grandrieux’s Un lac (A Lake, 2008): "Sublime Materiality: Un Lac."
Check Bowen for Keyframe compares/contrasts Ridley Scott's The Counselor with Claire Denis' Bastards: "The Film in the Shadows: What we should be talking about when we talk about THE COUNSELOR." (November 2, 2013)
To the Best of Our Knowledge episode on Film and Philosophy -- Geoff Dyer Zona: A Book About A Film About a Journey to a Room; J.J. Murphy The Black Hole of the Camera: The Films of Andy Warhol; Kim Evans "Charlie Kauffman: Screenwriter"; Barry Vacker Slugging Nothing: Fighting the Future in Fight Club.
Project Censored episode on "Banned Books Week" and recent attempts to ban the novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower and the graphic novel Persepolis.
Julie Banks for Screening the Past: Innocent When You Dream: Affect and Perception through Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Innocence
Beate Sissenich for The Forward: "Hannah Arendt Biopic Offers Rare Onscreen View of Political Philosophy: Movie Paints Vivid Picture of German-Jewish Émigrés"
Michael Sragow for Current: "Sanjuro: Return of the Ronin"
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