The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

Dir. Aaron Sorkin. Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, Mark Rylance Spoilers for this recent release, but as ever for movies based off historical events, Wikipedia exists, so… I read seven or eight reviews of this movie before I had a chance to see it, but very few of them get further into David Dellinger… Read More The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

October 17, 2020October 17, 2020 speakerformediocrities3 Comments

Frost/Nixon (2008)

Dir. Ron Howard. Starring Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Matthew Macfadyen Howard Zinn is probably the most important historian that the United States has ever produced. (Sorry, Charles Beard. I love you too.) Regardless of how you feel about him – in other words, regardless of whether or not you think “historical revisionism” is an honest… Read More Frost/Nixon (2008)

August 7, 2015June 30, 2017 speakerformediocrities2 Comments

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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

Frost/Nixon (2008)