Tag: political cinema

• ‘Founders Films’ aims to remake Hollywood with patriotism, Palantir and Ayn Rand

  July 21, 2025

  The company’s proposed projects celebrate American military action, push for confrontation with China, and elevate heroes of the right from Ayn Rand to Elon Musk. https://www.semafor.com/article/07/20/2025/founders-films-aims-to-remake-hollywood-with-patriotism-palantir-and-ayn-rand?utm_medium=media&utm_campaign=First+Word&utm_source=newsletterlink more ›

• Interesting Times with Ross Douthat: What Makes Art ‘Left Wing’?

  June 13, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/iYg5TDq Does Hollywood have anything interesting left to say? In a world where franchises dominate and grown-up movies have fallen by the wayside, Ross talks to the showrunner Tony… more ›

• Past Present Future: The Great Political Films: The Zone of Interest

  January 12, 2025

  https://ift.tt/rUMwgQB The final episode in our great political films series explores Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest (2023), his haunting take on the home life of the man who ran… more ›

• Past Present Future: The Great Political Films: The Social Network

  January 5, 2025

  https://ift.tt/kO3QYnT The second David Fincher film in our series (after Fight Club) is The Social Network (2010), the Aaron Sorkin-scripted take on how Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook and the price… more ›