I get it.  The food I eat isn't really food.  The animals are treated poorly before they end up on my plate.  Big corporations are killing the independent American farmer (whatever that means).  I guess I just don't think this story is that compelling. Kudos to Chipotle for helping to sponsor ...

There have been dozens of documentaries on Iraq and prisoner torture in particular.  Taxi to the Dark Side is particularly compelling.  I'm convinced that history will judge us harshly for many of the choices surrounding the capture and interrogation of terror suspects.

It's Spike Lee, so of course it's totally political.  In fact, I think Spike would say that politics were at the core of the problem.  Either way, Katrina was a human tragedy on the largest level.  The images are devastating and the stories are compelling.  Of course the music is ...

Koyaanisqatsi has no words and no immediately discernable characters.  Rather, it's a collage of videos focused on our earth and set to a score by Philip Glass.  The goal is to show a world that is out of balance with itself.  In that sense you might expect it to come ...

Wavy Gravy (AKA Hugh Romney) is a clown, a hippie, a counter culture hero, an old man, a fool, a friend of Bob Dylan, a master fund raiser, a healer of the blind, a world traveler, and a servant to humanity.  However, if you're like me, you probably thought he ...

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." American journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson achieved rock star status following his unorthodox coverage of the '68 and '72 presidential elections and his scathing review of the American Dream in Fear and Loathing ...

During the 1992 presidential campaign, two men guided Clinton from a little known governor to a presidential hopeful. War room is about these people, James Carville and George Stephanopoulos, and the campaign they ran. In what could have easily been a cynical or sentimental film, directors Chris Hegedus ...

A much younger (and thinner) Michael Moore stalks GM CEO Roger Smith to confront him about closing a factory in Flint, Michigan.  If you're interested, also check out the book Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line.