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Netflix All Quiet On The Western Front A Winner

January 27, 2023Tagged: Anti-war

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UPDATE: Netflix All Quiet on the Western Front has been nominated for NINE Academy Awards: Best Picture, International Feature Film, Writing (Adapted), Cinematography, Music, Production Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound, Visual Effects. The film is getting very good reviews, some comparing it to the acclaimed 1930 Best Picture version. Let's hope they're seeing it in … [Read more...]

Anthem Film Festival Seeking New Libertarian Films

January 25, 2023

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The 2023 Anthem Film Festival — the annual screening of the latest libertarian films and documentaries — will be held at The Renasant Convention Center, Memphis, Tennessee, July 12-15. It is part of the larger FreedomFest event. The festival is currently seeking libertarian films for its 2023 event. “We seek movies and documentaries about self-reliance, innovation, … [Read more...]

Tap It: The NSA Slow Jam (featuring @goremy)

January 23, 2023Tagged: Search & seizure

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In Tap It: The NSA Slow Jam, comedian/songwriter Remy serves up a smooth beat on the subject of the NSA's surveillance of Americans. … [Read more...]

John Hurt: Libertarian Film Hero

January 22, 2023

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John Hurt -- born January 22nd, 1940 -- was an English actor whose career spanned over half a century. He made three films of libertarian interest, all of them focused on the dangers of totalitarian states, and all of them among the most dead-on libertarian films ever made. Two are included in this website's top 25 list and the third is included in other libertarian top … [Read more...]

Comedian’s Oxford Union Speech Blows Away Woke

January 21, 2023

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Konstantin Kisin, a Russian-British comedian and political commentator, was invited to speak at the Oxford Union on the subject of wokeness. His speech was so brilliant and so elegantly expressed that it has so far been viewed over 5 million times on YouTube. Kisin has a podcast here. … [Read more...]

Michael Cieply: US Political Crisis MIA At Sundance

January 20, 2023

Movie Critic Michael Cieply, a veteran of the New York Times, noted in a Deadline article what's missing at the Sundance Film Festival. "Almost entirely missing from the many documentaries listed in last month’s 99-film announcement of Sundance features is any attempt to confront a growing sense that government—even in ostensibly free nations like the United States of … [Read more...]

Four Libertarian Films For Martin Luther King Day

January 16, 2023

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It's something of an irony that the Left still claims to be the champion of equality and tolerance but has nowadays officially dropped both of those things in favor of identity politics. The Martin Luther King vision of a world in which people "will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character," can't be squared with demands for people to be … [Read more...]

Nestor Almendros: Libertarian Film Hero

January 14, 2023

Nestor Almendros -- born October 30, 1930 -- is best known for being one of the greatest cinematographers of all time. He was indeed the favorite cameraman for directors Eric Rohmer and Francois Truffaut and was nominated for four Academy Awards for cinematography (Sophie's Choice, The Blue Lagoon, Kramer vs. Kramer, and Days of Heaven). However, he also directed two powerful … [Read more...]

Anthem (Libertarian) Film Festival: Are You Coming?

January 14, 2023

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The 2023 Anthem Film Festival -- the annual screening of the latest libertarian films and documentaries -- will be held at The Renasant Convention Center, Memphis, Tennessee, July 12-15. It is part of the larger FreedomFest event. You may purchase registration here. This once-a-year event is the world's biggest libertarian film festival, and features narrative films as well … [Read more...]

Aaron Swartz, Internet Wunderkind, Died On This Day

January 11, 2023

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On January 11th, 2013, Aaron Swartz — the wunderkind genius who contributed much to the early development of the Internet, including Reddit, Creative Commons, RSS, and more — committed suicide. He was just 26. Aaron Swartz was driven to take his own life by aggressive prosecutors enforcing tragically defective technology law, law that is still on the books. Aaron’s story is … [Read more...]

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When Wokes and Racists Actually Agree on Everything

In this short skit, comedian Ryan Long brilliantly skewers woke social justice warriors by noting how much they inadvertently agree with racists, their alleged arch-enemy. As has been noted elsewhere, wokes want: universities to have separate meetings and facilities by race as well as separate housing, … Continue Reading

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Sweden: Lessons for America? | Film Review

Sweden’s “socialist” success story is closely examined, only to reveal that it’s actually a capitalist success story. [ Sweden: Lessons for America credits: Dir: James Tusty, Maureen Castle Tusty / Narrator: Johan Norberg/ 60 min/ Documentary/ Econ 101, Anti-Socialism, Pro-Capitalism/ 2018] What if … Continue Reading

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN FILMS ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE: BEST PICTURE An ordinary American appointed to the Senate is nearly destroyed by a corrupt political machine, but triumphs in the end. [ Mr. Smith Goes to Washington credits: Dir: Frank Capra/ James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains/ 125 min/ Drama, … Continue Reading

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