Tag Archives: political

Navalny (2022)

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Daniel Roher

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2022, alexi navalny, anna drubich, biography, corrupt, corruption, daniel roher, Diane Becker, dictator, dictatorship, documentary, election, internet, journalism, journalist, langdon page, marius de vries, matt robertson, maya hawke, media, Melanie Miller, navalny, Niki Waltl, novichok, Odessa Rae, poison, poisoned, poisoning, political, politician, politics, prison, propaganda, russia, russian, shane boris, social media, vladimir putin, Yulia Navalny | Leave a comment

Cabaret (1972)

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bob Fosse Writer: Jay Allen (Based on the musical play “Cabaret” book by Joe Masteroff) (Based on the play by John Van Druten) (Based on stories by Christopher Isherwood)

Posted in Drama, Musical, Romance | Tagged 1930s, 1972, abortion, adaptation, berlin, bisexual, bob fosse, cabaret, christopher isherwood, cy feuer, david bretherton, drama, elisabeth neumann-viertel, entertainer, entertainment, fritz wepper, geoffrey unsworth, germany, helen vita, helmut griem, jay allen, jay presson allen, jewish, joe masteroff, joel grey, john kander, john van druten, liza minnelli, marisa berenson, michael york, music, musical, nazi, nightclub, political, politics, ralph burns, romance, sex, singer | Leave a comment

The Conformist (1970)

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Writer: Bernardo Bertolucci (Based on the novel by Alberto Moravia)

Posted in Drama, Foreign | Tagged 1930s, 1970, adaptation, assassin, assassination, bernardo bertolucci, confession, coward, dominique sanda, drama, Fascism, fascist, foreign, france, georges delerue, giovanni bertolucci, honeymoon, Il conformista, italian, italy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, maurizio lodi-fe, murder, mussolini, paris, pierre clementi, political, politics, professor, rome, sex, stefania sandrelli, teacher, vittorio storaro, weak | Leave a comment

Feels Good Man (2020)

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Arthur Jones (Based on original artwork by Matt Furie) Re-watched for movie club. Good doc!

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2020, 4chan, aaron wickenden, alex jones, ari balouzian, art, arthur jones, artist, cartoonist, caryn capotosto, comic book, cryptocurrency, david usui, documentary, donald trump, drew blatman, emily heller, feels good man, forum, frog, giorgio angelini, guy mossman, hillary clinton, internet, kurt keppeler, lawsuit, matt furie, meme, message board, pepe, pepe the frog, political, politics, rachel maddow, Richard spencer, ryan hope, samantha bee, stephen colberg | Leave a comment

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Aaron Sorkin Writer: Aaron Sorkin

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1960s, 2020, aaron sorkin, abbie hoffman, activism, activist, alex sharp, ben shenkman, black panther, bobby seale, chicago, chicago 7, chicago seven, david dellinger, democratic national convention, dnc, drama, eddie redmaybe, frank langella, fred hampton, illinois, j.c. mackenzie, jail, jeremy strong, jerry rubin, john carroll lunch, joseph gordon-levitt, judge, kelvin harrison jr., lawyer, marc platt, mark rylance, matt jackson, michael keaton, political, politics, protest, ramsey clark, riot, sacha baron cohen, stuart m. besser, the trial of the chicago 7, tom hayden, trial, tyler thompson, vietnam, war, yahya abdul-mateen II | Leave a comment

Miss Americana (2020)

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lana Wilson

Posted in Documentary, Musical | Tagged 2020, antoni porowski, art, artist, awards, barbara walters, behind the scenes, bobby berk, brendon urie, calvin harris, country, dixie chicks, documentary, donald trump, graham norton, grammys, hoda kotb, jack antonoff, joe alwyn, jonathan van ness, kanye west, karlie kloss, karma brown, lana wilson, lenny kravitz, lover, max martin, miss americana, mtv, music, musician, nashville, political, politics, pop star, power, queer eye, ran france, roderick hall, singer, song, songwriter, taylor swift, Taylor Swift: Miss Americana, tennessee | Leave a comment

The Ides of March (2011)

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: George Clooney Writers: George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon (Based on the play “Farragut North” by Beau Willimon)

Posted in Drama | Tagged alexandre desplat, beau willimon, campaign, candidate, charlie rose, chris matthews, drama, evan rachel wood, farragut north, george clooney, grant heslov, gregory itzin, ides of march, jeffrey wright, jennifer ehle, manager, marisa tomei, max minghella, ohio, paul giamatti, philip seymour hoffman, political, politician, politics, president, presidential candidate, rachel maddow, ryan gosling, scandal, staff, the ides of march | Leave a comment

Best of Enemies (2015)

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville Writers: Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 1968, arthur miller, christopher hitchens, conservative, debate, dick cavett, documentary, gore vidal, history, intellectual, interview, john lithgow, kelsey grammer, liberal, morgan neville, news, noam chomsky, paul newman, political, politics, robert gordon, television, tv, walter cronkite, william f. buckley | Leave a comment

Kill the Messenger (2014)

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Cuesta Writer: Peter Landesman (Based on the book “Dark Alliance” by Gary Webb) (Based on the book “Kill the Messenger” by Nick Schou)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1990s, barry pepper, cia, contra, crime, dark alliance, drama, gary webb, government, jeremy renner, journalism, journalist, kill the messenger, lucas hedges, mary elizabeth winstead, michael cuesta, michael k. williams, michael kenneth williams, nicaragua, nick schou, oliver platt, paz vega, peter landesman, political, politics, ray liotta, rebels, reporter, richard schiff, robert patrick, rosemarie dewitt, suicide, thriller, tim blake nelson | Leave a comment

Call Me Lucky (2015)

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bobcat Goldthwait

Posted in Comedy, Documentary, Uncategorized | Tagged abuse, barry crimmins, billy bragg, bobcat goldthwait, charlyne yi, childhood, comedian, comedy, dana gould, david cross, documentary, jonathan katz, lenny clarke, marc maron, margaret cho, patton oswalt, political, politics, sexual abuse, stand up comedy, steven wright, tom kenny | Leave a comment

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