PinnedKevin GosztolainCounter Arts‘The Insider’ At 25: Corporate America Vs. The TruthOn Michael Mann’s 1999 drama about whistleblowing, a reporter’s duty to his source, and the news media businessNov 1147Nov 1147
PinnedKevin GosztolainThe Wide Shot‘Natural Born Killers’ At 30: One Of The Most Controversial Films Of the ’90sThe filmmakers involved in “Natural Born Killers” were senselessly accused of inspiring “copycat murders.”Aug 264Aug 264
PinnedKevin GosztolainThe Wide Shot‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Review: Viggo Mortensen’s Western About Women And The American FrontierViggo Mortensen uses the American frontier of the 1860s as a backdrop for exploring how women find their strength in a world ruled by men.Jun 8Jun 8
PinnedKevin GosztolainThe Wide Shot‘I Saw The TV Glow’: Defying The ‘Marvel Hegemony’Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw The TV Glow” is a strong statement by a filmmaker who won’t be constrained by conventions of American…May 24May 24
Kevin GosztolainThe Protest Music ProjectProtest Song Of The Week: ‘Mourning In America’ By Brother AliHip-hop artist Brother Ali’s “Mourning In America” righteously confronts class warfare and wars abroad that are waged by the rich2d ago22d ago2
Kevin GosztolainThe Protest Music ProjectWhat Is The Protest Music Project?Introducing a newsletter that pushes back against the misplaced and uninformed idea that there is no protest music anymore.3d ago3d ago
Kevin GosztolainThe Wide Shot‘The Apprentice’ Is Well-Crafted Political FilmmakingWe need more not less films like director Ali Abbasi’s examination of the rise of Donald Trump and the myths surrounding him.Oct 13Oct 13
Kevin GosztolainThe Wide Shot‘Fail Safe’ At 60: The Classic Suspense Drama About A Nuclear CatastropheDirector Sidney Lumet’s film “Fail Safe” challenged nuclear warfare and the folly of great power competition. The Pentagon sabotaged it.Sep 20Sep 20
Kevin GosztolainThe Wide ShotWhat Makes ‘Rebel Ridge’ A Spectacular Action ThrillerJeremy Saulnier’s action thriller offers audiences a more human kind of vigilante heroSep 9Sep 9
Kevin GosztolainThe Wide Shot‘Fahrenheit 9/11,’ 20 Years Later: The Antiwar Film Audiences Were Never Supposed To SeeReleased on June 25, 2004, Michael Moore’s documentary is still the highest-grossing documentary at the United States box officeJun 306Jun 306