MICHAEL McCAFFREY—In contrast to post-Vietnam cinema, after the unmitigated disaster of the US invasion of Iraq and the continuing quagmire in Afghanistan, there has been no cinematic renaissance, only a steady diet of mendaciously patriotic, DoD-approved, pro-war drivel like ‘American Sniper’ and ‘Lone Survivor.’ Best Picture winner ‘The Hurt Locker’ (2008), shot with no assistance from the DoD, was the lone exception that successfully dared to portray some of the ugly truths of America’s Mesopotamian misadventure.
-
-
ANDRE VLTCHEK—There can be no ‘objectivity’ in this work: objectivity is just an illusion, a fairytale dispersed by mainstream media. But you should never lie: you witness and say what you have to say, the way you believe it should be said, and while you do it, it is your obligation to inform your readers and viewers where precisely you stand.
-
PATRICE GREANVILLE—MASH avoids the obvious. In its long run the series never asked…
-
PHIL ROCKSTROH—What a cringe-inducing sight it is. One almost could be moved to pity…
-
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU—Eight years after Waxman left the Times, the shifting cultural climate created the…
