An ambitious documentary project following seven arab and israeli children representing an extreme diversity of circumstances and perspectives in 97-00, all of them touched directly by violent conflict. At the very end, the filmmakers arrange for two of the israeli children to cross barriers and meet palestinian kids at a nearby camp. The encounter is both heartbreakingly hopeful and devastating.

It was difficult to watch this film about the insidious and enduring way in which the Protocols of Zion continues to justify and inspire hatred and division. The narrative is complicated and deepened by filmmaker Mark Levin’s inclusion of his father in his far-ranging inquiry which includes fearless conversation with extremists (of many kinds, Aryan, Palestinian-American, reformed), interfaith activists, talk-radio hosts, Ted Haggard and other born-again Christians, Matisyahu, 9/11 conspiracy theorists, and a medical examiner responsible for identifying remains in the World Trade Center.

Inspirational film about women’s political power in the face of catastrophic and intractable violence in Liberia. Not made by Africans – but with a sensitivity to mediating the subjects voices only minimally. action-packed and engaging. And chock full of brilliant and charismatic women.

this is a heartbreaking film about the human cost of transactional relationships. absolutely absorbing, exquisite and brutal.

This series took a turn toward the melodramatic in season II. There were more bare-chested boys, more hot and heavy make-out sessions. It seems that adolescence and texas football are insufficiently dramatic without throwing the cover-up of a fatal beat down into the mix. And it was certainly a disadvantage of being interrupted mid-season by the strike that the full arc of the stories remains unplayed.

In spite of all this. This remains a complicated, moving, well-drawn multi-generational, middle-class drama. And I appreciated the inclusion of stories acknowledging the proximity to the border.

Vivid, difficult, gripping and epic. Absolutely relevant. Banned in France for five years, it portrayed a more nuanced perspective of the French than I had expected. And is stronger for it.

This is a must see.

And I’m curious about the post-colonial Algerian cinema, which at least in the 70s was apparently largely consumed with stories of the war for liberation.

brilliant hilarious

pure goodness

for those interested in the project of doing the impossible, this is it. why and how do we create?

Everyone who cares about knowledge, culture, creativity and how to sustain and access same – should read this book.

Lessig is clear, intelligent, engaging, fair, urgent and extremely compelling.

a lovely humane movie, one of Miyazaki’s first with familiar themes of the cost of environmental destruction and war, and the joy of flight. the inclusion of a little tv documentary about the beginnings of Studio Ghibli was a treat.