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Fuck rights or liberation, with BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee says BLUE LIVES MATTER!

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Eric Verlo

Spike Lee’s history lesson represents the worst of exploitative falsifications. There was NO student girlfriend. No CC Black Student Union contact. There was NO BOMB whatsoever. And Detective Ron Stallworth’s white partner was NOT Jewish. And guess what: His phone … Continue reading →

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Propaganda film now out “Patriot anti-Muslim Day”

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Brother Jonah

They locked down the entire city of Boston. They identified two brothers who were Muslim as the bombers. One supposedly was shot to pieces but miraculously resurrected for the Show Trial. Much like the raid on the bin Laden compound, … Continue reading →

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Just What Were Donald Trump’s Ties to the Mob?

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Brother Jonah

I took the title directly from an article on Global Research about the American Mafia (the immigrant and sons thereof Mafia, with their ties to Sicily intact) and Mr Chump. Which he hinted in his “art of the steal” book. … Continue reading →

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Independence Day

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Brother Jonah

Not quite the July 4th holiday. More like the commercial hit movie of that name about an Alien Invasion being repulsed, from 1996. For those unable to do simple math, that’s 20 years ago. So The Army (which army? you … Continue reading →

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Mad Max Fury Road is hardly feminist. It’s Dances With Wolves With Women.

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Eric Verlo

I confess I never saw “Dances with Wolves” but I’m pretty sure the number Kevin Costner pulled on Native Americans is what this loner White Savior just did for Women. Saved them. What feminists needed was a MAD MAXINE. Instead … Continue reading →

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Poster for 2015 Telluride Film Festival

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Eric Verlo

TELLURIDE, COLO- The Nugget Theater boasts two in its window but posters for the 42nd annual SHOW have yet to be distributed. [Update: they’re at TFF online]. This year’s festival poster is by Laurent Durieux and stars the mining town … Continue reading →

Posted in Found Art | Tagged Colorado, Film, Telluride | 2 Comments

“Ex Machina” heralds creation of life, but Doctor Geekenstein’s blueprint imitates pornography

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Eric Verlo

“WHY DID YOU GIVE HER SEXUALITY!?” asks the geek tasked with debugging the anthropomorphic robot. Except they didn’t. Unless by sexuality you mean just the “female” bits and transluscent circuits where her belly and cranium should be. These filmmakers gave … Continue reading →

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BLACKFISH has a name, it’s TILIKUM

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Eric Verlo

Yes, Orcas aren’t fish. “Blackfish” is the English translation of a word Pacific Northwest indigenous peoples gave to killer whales, holding them in respectful regard while keeping a traditional safe distance. BLACKFISH is also the title of a new docummentary … Continue reading →

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Hugo Chavez- A great man who will always be remembered

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Tony Logan

He was an honest man who defended and spoke up always for the poor and oppressed, while all the other so called leaders of the capitalist world side ultimately only with the super rich rateros who are looting our planet … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged Always, Capital, Chavez, Ed, er, Film, free, Hero, Hu, Hugo Chavez, human rights, LA, Le, NOW, PLA, press, Rights, super rich, Ute, Vote, WHO, youtube | 7 Comments

ARGO is a near deftly crafted thriller, jingoist agitprop, full-on Islamophobic mockumentary

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Eric Verlo

This movie is rated AYFKM– Film critics are unanimous in their praise of ARGO, Ben Affleck’s retelling of an Iran Hostage Crisis era escape caper. Either these reviews also reflect media agencies uniformly shrugging off Argo’s obvious anti-Iranian jingoism or … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Argo, Ben Affleck, Film, Hollywood, Iran, Islamophobia, Jingoism, Racism, Zionism | 1 Comment

Marine murderers again found to be ‘Innocent’? We don’t think they are

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Tony Logan

They kill people, then they say ‘Sorry’ states the child survivor of a US Marine revenge massacre in Haditha, Iraq. How true her words are…. See the you tube film about The Child Survivor of Haditha Massacre Then in the … Continue reading →

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Slavoj Zizek Not Gaga for Pop

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Eric Verlo

Slovenian philosopher Slovaj Zizek has a cult following like Lady Gaga, but denied this weekend any romantic connection. I write this with tongue in cheek, Slavoj’s, because of his comic protestations. Zizek was cajoled by Amy Goodman at Saturday’s London … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, Ernst Lubitsch, Film, Francois Truffaut, Julian Assange, Lady Gaga, Marx Brothers, Pop Music, Slavoj Zizek, Wikileaks | Comments Off

The future of photography is time

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Eric Verlo

I know little about fine art photography, darkroom craft or print collecting, but I will foolishly assert this: the future of the two dimensional print is the time-dimensional print. It’s only with the evolution of high definition that I dare … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Art, Film, Photography, Video | 1 Comment

Film: Maafa 21, Black Genocide in 21st Century America, a white anti-abortion shockumentary of execrable mendacity

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Eric Verlo

Martin Luther King Jr. was an advocate of birth control, it remains a key tool to escape poverty, but that didn’t stop organizers of MLK tribute festivities at Colorado College from ending today’s program with a screening of MAAFA 21: … Continue reading →

Posted in Local News | Tagged Abortion, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Documentaries, Eugenics, Film, Maafa 21, Marin Luther King, Planned Parenthood, Racism, UCCS | 9 Comments

PPLFF says no BDS of Israeli Apartheid

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Eric Verlo

Crap. The Anti-Apartheid BDS campaign targeted Cannes because of it, Hollywood luminaries boycotted the Toronto Film Festival over the same principles in 2009, you’d think the Springs gay community might have paid heed. Instead the 2010 Pikes Peak Lavender Film … Continue reading →

Posted in Local News | Tagged Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Einaym Pkuhot, Eyes Wide Open, Film, Gays, Homosexuality, Israel, Jerusalem, Orthodox Judaism, PPLFF | Leave a comment

Mondovino: globalization and terroir, Robert Parker versus your good taste

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Eric Verlo

For those with a curiosity for how wine terroir is holding up against the onslaught of wine factory farming, the 10-hour miniseries version of MONDOVINO is finally available on DVD. For viewers curious about viniculture globalization under Californian colonial domination, … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Bordeaux, Class Warfare, Colonialism, Documentaries, Empire, Fascism, Film, France, Globalization, Jonathan Nossiter, Mondovino, Robert Parker, Wine | 1 Comment

Gravity was everywhere back then

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Eric Verlo

NYC- Brent’s first feature film, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then premiered at Manhattan’s IFC Center this weekend and runs until Thursday May 13. Catch screenings at 3:30 and 7:30 daily. Production artifacts are on view at concurrent gallery exhibits: the … Continue reading →

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Wolfman is a man’s werewolf, no Olalla

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Eric Verlo

Poor wolf man, he’s the bastard of the horror big three. Dracula and Frankenstein have antecedents in folklore but bloomed on the quills of novelists. The werewolf traces back to the Greek, yet no one will pull him from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Film, Hollywood, Horror, Literature, Olalla, Robert Louis Stevenson, Twilight, Werewolves, Wolfman | 2 Comments

Avatar Protest against Israeli actions busted up with tear gas

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Brother Jonah

Predictably. The Na’vi paint/makeup was a neat idea though. Bet they didn’t see THAT coming. Putting on my Futurist Hat… The Right Wing are going to start barking about Avatar being a Terrorist Propaganda film again.

Posted in Perspective | Tagged actions, Art, Avatar, DEA, Ed, er, Film, Gas, hey, Israel, Pagan, Propaganda, Protest, Right Wing, Tea, tear gas, terror, terrorist, VA | Leave a comment

Because it would be better to hold him prisoner

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Brother Jonah

…in secret Torture Palaces like Baghram, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, Khandahar… Beat the living hell out of him every day and then use the video-taped confession in a secret tribunal. The way the Civilized, Law-Abiding U.S. Military does… From the BBC: … Continue reading →

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Avatar: novel push for noble savage

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Eric Verlo

I’d like to contrast the high-profile critical receptions being given two Hollywood films about darker-skinned-ness. Precious is about an African-American girl so dark she absorbs the light, without being about race at all. The movie tells a story of poverty, … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged African-Americans, Avatar, Film, Muhammad Ali, Precious, Race | 2 Comments

Sarah and Historic Accuracy

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Brother Jonah

Not THAT Sarah, Princess Sarah Ferguson-Windsor. Promoting a Romantic Movie about the Great-great great grandmother of her daughter. Victoria Hanover-Windsor. She said she was involved and concerned to maintain Historic Accuracy in the film SAY WHAT? A Demented Dynasty of … Continue reading →

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Anthropomorphism, the Chinese Pandas and the El Paso County Zoo

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Brother Jonah

Not THIS El Paso County, El Paso, Texas. They never had a panda, even in the freewheeling times before Zoos took on a true scientific mission nobody would have been dumb enough to give a panda to that pathetic joke … Continue reading →

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I was watching Jacobs Ladder just now

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Brother Jonah

I was watching Jacobs Ladder just now. Just a little bit intense. Definitely not your standard war flick. You know, the guy who recommended the film to me, he’d been there, in Nam. And in the VA outpatient clinics too. … Continue reading →

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The face of the health insurance lobby

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Nurse Ratched, to my imagination, was the most despised movie villainess of all time. She didn’t murder anyone, but by the sheer frigidity of her indifference, Nurse Ratched caused debilitating anxiety and heart-break. She’s my nominee for the face of … Continue reading →

Posted in Info Virus | Tagged Film, Health care reform, Health Insurance, Movie Villain, Nurse Ratched, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 2 Comments