In 2019, ten new libertarian films (six narrative films and four documentaries) were identified and are listed below. It’s noteworthy that these include Oscar-worthy Richard Jewell and the biggest-selling political documentary of the year, No Safe Spaces. Criteria to be included in this list were: a) the film had to be described as a "2019" release according to Box Office … [Read more...]
Libertarian Film Internship Opportunities: Moving Picture Institute
Looking for a film internship? The (libertarian) Moving Picture Institute (MPI) regularly places talented students and recent graduates in paid Hollywood internships. This is the real deal, and the majority of MPI interns go on to find permanent positions in the entertainment industry. Per the MPI website: "It’s not easy to break into the entertainment world, but the Moving … [Read more...]
Vengeance Unlimited: Lost Libertarian Episodes
In 1998-1999, ABC aired a crime drama entitled Vengeance Unlimited. It starred Michael Madsen and Kathleen York. Madsen played a gritty private investigator who solved unsolvable problems, at a price: you either paid him one million dollars or you promised that in the future you would do him a favor on demand and without question. In that sense, he was a sort of self-interested … [Read more...]
Ealing Studios’ Libertarian Moment: Five Films
It's noteworthy that five of the most libertarian films ever made were produced by Britain's Ealing Studios in the brief period, 1949-1957. These were among the much-praised "Ealing Comedies" that have become a classic genre in their own right. Ealing Studios was by no means a hotbed of free-marketers. Studio head Michael Balcon was an explicit supporter of the post-war … [Read more...]
Free for Teachers: Economics & Politics Videos
Free for teachers: award-winning videos and teaching tools on economics and politics are available from several organizations, as given below. Izzit More than 300,000 teachers and homeschoolers already use Izzit for classroom materials. Izzit offers tons of free videos (DVD and streaming) on a variety of topics -- all free for teachers. Per Izzit: " We provide U.S. based … [Read more...]
Alistair Williams: Much (Politically Incorrect) Truth Is Said In Jest
UPDATE: Alistair Williams has been cancelled by YouTube. His channel disappeared and the many skits he generously posted are gone. What I found below were snippets from other YouTube channels that posted content for him. He appears to have started another YouTube channel, entitled Not Alistair Williams, but I imagine that will get banned as well at some point. Alistair … [Read more...]
Ten Movie Ideas For Screenwriters
Hollywood is out of movie ideas. Most of the latest top ten films are either a remake, a sequel, or a film based on old comic book characters. And the remakes typically aren't even as good as the originals, though they may be much more woke. Does it need to be like this? Are all the great stories already told in film? Hardly. Never mind what movie ideas fiction still has to … [Read more...]
2018 Libertarian Films: Year in Review
In 2018, ten new libertarian films (six narrative films and four documentaries) were identified and are listed below. It’s noteworthy that many of these films were made on a shoestring budget and clawed their way up through sheer merit -- the declining cost of film technology combined with online distribution has liberated filmmaking as never before. This year's selection … [Read more...]
Remembering World War One: Three Films
World War One was arguably the least justifiable war the US was ever involved in. It was also a major turning point toward bigger government. The US was not directly attacked, but rather then President Wilson, our first globalist president, decided it was time for the US to fix Europe and "make the world safe for democracy." Here are three films on the subject of the war from a … [Read more...]
Stranger in a Strange Land | Film News
In 2016, it was reported that the Heinlein novel Stranger in a Strange Land was in development for a SyFy TV series. In 2018, SyFy reconfirmed the news in the context of a marketing push regarding the network’s renewed emphasis on classic science fiction stories. The marketing push was accompanied by a new ad, “It’s a Fan Thing,” underscoring the eclectic character of its fan … [Read more...]