Posted on January 7, 2015 at 3:52 pm
James Franco and Jonah Hill star in “True Story,” a title with layers of meaning. It is based on the real life story of reporter Michael Finkel (Hill), who was fired because he fabricated and altered facts in a “true story” he wrote for the New York Times. And then he discovered that a murderer …
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Posted on January 7, 2015 at 8:00 am
New York’s public television station WNET, ran this terrific “Open Mind” interview with my dad, Newton Minow, about his experiences at the FCC during the Kennedy Administration and the early days of PBS.
Posted on January 6, 2015 at 3:38 pm
I’m glad that we are seeing more spirited, strong female characters, especially in movies for kids, really I am. But we still have a long way to go, as discussed in an excellent analysis on Tor.com from Emily Asher-Perrin. She notes that even movies with central characters who are girls and women surround them with …
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Posted on January 6, 2015 at 8:00 am
Sacred Journeys With Bruce Feiler comes out this week on DVD. If you missed it on PBS, here is your chance to travel along with pilgrims and worshippers around the world. 200 million people go on a pilgrimage each year. They set out from the ordinary, and seek the extraordinary. Sacred Journeys takes viewers on …
Posted on January 5, 2015 at 5:42 pm
Each year, Mark Zuckerberg shares his new year’s resolution. I was a big fan of his 2014 resolution to write a thank you note every day, a practice I highly recommend to all. This year, he is inviting the world (or at least the 1/4 of the world who use Facebook) to join him in …
