They are all based on real-life events that Peter Dreier thinks deserve more attention.
Tag: Hollywood
Disney Not in This Much Trouble Since 1941
Hollywood’s Gun Love Raises Shooting Risks On & Off Set
The Two Faces of Empire
CIA Helped Shape Tom Clancy’s ‘Jack Ryan’ Series into Bigoted Venezuela Regime-Change Fantasy
For Hollywood, ‘Vice’ Is Remarkably Astute About Politics
‘Hostiles’ and Hollywood’s Untold Story
Hollywood’s recent attempt to depict Frontier life captures the reality of “hostiles” shooting various weapons at one another, but the real history is more interesting, Jada Thacker explains in this essay.
Mandela Movie Faces Long Oscar Odds
A Comedy at the ‘End of the World’
Exclusive: A comedy about people living their final days, as a massive meteor zeroes in on Planet Earth, may seem an unlikely movie concept. But “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World,” starring Steve Carell, is one of…
Iran Critiques Hollywood
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sees a growing chance that Israel will attack Iran’s nuclear sites this spring despite resistance from the Obama administration. Meanwhile, Danny Schechter attended a conference in Iran on how Hollywood spreads propaganda.