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Emperor: When you call a movie “historical,” it helps to include the history part

April 3, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Literature/Arts/Film 8 comments

Here’s a lesson I should have learned by now: Beware of movies claiming to be “based on a true story.” The trailer for “Emperor” hinted

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Political movies have short “screen lives” in St. Louis

December 10, 2010 Arthur Lieber Literature/Arts/Film, Missouri region 2 comments

Recently,  twelve high-school  students and four staff members of our non-profit went to see the exciting political thriller, “Fair Game” at the Tivoli Theater  in University

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Film “Inside Job” shows sharply divided America

November 19, 2010 Madonna Gauding Economy, Government, Literature/Arts/Film, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Inside Job presents an illuminating account of how the financial meltdown of 2008 came to be. My biggest take away is that we are

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