The father of Julian Assange wages a one-man campaign for the release of his son from prison. [ Ithaka credits: Dir: Ben Lawrence/ Stella Moris, John Pilger, John Shipton, Ai Weiwei/ 106 min/ Documentary/ Freedom of Speech/ 2021] External Reviews "Assange 'never wanted it to be him' in the spotlight, Melzer claims. 'It was about the States and their war crimes and their … [Read more...]
Justice For All: J6 Song Banned By Apple
The pettiness of Apple is just unbelievable. Every night for over 750 days, the J6 political prisoners sing the National Anthem at 9 pm from their jail cells. They have been held without trial all this time, a straight-up violation of the "speedy trial" Sixth Amendment. A recording was made of their poignant singing was combined with a voice over of Donald Trump reading the … [Read more...]
Bruce Willis: Libertarian Film Hero
Bruce Willis -- born March 19th, 1955 -- started out as a minor off-Broadway actor but eventually landed the lead in Die Hard, launching his now legendary action-hero career. He seemed attracted to the role of individualist hero, and it was a role he took up in several films of libertarian interest. Willis is probably best known for his role as John McClane, a classic … [Read more...]
James O’Keefe: Lucky Charms Is Offensive
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here's the very first James O'Keefe video, in which a young O'Keefe persuaded a university administrator to ban Lucky Charms as "offensive to Irish." He went on to create Project Veritas, and later O'Keefe Media Group, both of which produce undercover videos on corruption and left-wing political bias. … [Read more...]
Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game | Film
Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game is now in theaters (select "screenings" here) The film is also available on Apple TV streaming Roger Sharpe fights a legal battle to overturn New York City's 35-year ban on pinball machines. Based on a true story. [ Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game credits: Dir: Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg/ Mike Faist, Crystal Reed, Dennis … [Read more...]
Stanford Prison Experiment: Original Footage
"Power corrupts" is an ancient theme, but it is sometimes forgotten that the maxim applies not just to powerful politicians but is also writ small in a thousand other situations. For anyone with power, the potential is there. In what has come to be called the Stanford Prison Experiment, researchers at Stanford University put this to the test by running an experiment in 1971 in … [Read more...]
Hollywood Hates You (Unless You Agree With Them)
Do the Oscars make you feel like Hollywood hates you? There's a good chance it does. In this short film for the FEE series Out of Frame, filmmaker Sean W. Malone tells how we got here. It wasn't always this way. … [Read more...]
Oscar Bait: Academy-Award Winning Trailer
The selection process for Academy Awards has become so formulaic that the term Oscar bait is now part of the English vocabulary. Google lists 1.7 million references to the term. Per Wikipedia: "Films seen as Oscar bait often have distinct characteristics. Lavishly produced epic length period dramas, often set against tragic historical events such as The Holocaust, are … [Read more...]
TMTG To Provide Platform For Libertarian Content
Per Deadline, "Donald Trump’s emerging media and technology company has taken a stab at further refining its business plans, promising in a new SEC filing that its forthcoming streaming service will be a 'non-woke alternative' to Netflix and Disney+…' TMTG will provide a platform for conservative and/or libertarian views, and otherwise cancelled content from other broadcast … [Read more...]
Daylight Saving: Libertarian Video Shorts
Daylight saving creates chaos among the populace. [2 min] Comedian Michael McIntyre jokes about daylight saving time. [1 min] A short segment from the John Oliver show mocks daylight saving time. [3 min] The standard opening to Perry Mason is finally explained as a daylight saving error. [1 min] Harvard School of Public Health experts … [Read more...]