Michael Bay’s (reasonably) grown-up movie has a lot to say about domestic politics as the events portrayed had huge ramifications that echoed through the halls of Washington for years
Category Archives: Politics
Truth (2015)
Did Dan Rather’s journalistic standards slip in his old age? Or has American society shifted so far in twenty years that the kind of robust, challenging and open public discourse for which he was famous is no longer possible in this era?
Divide and Conquer (2018) & Bombshell (2019)
The explosive tale of big business corporate sexual harassment in documentary and movie form
Recount (2008)
Hanging chads abound here in this lengthy but comprehensive play-by-play of the 2000 Presidential Election controversy
The Newsroom (2012-2014)
This series, lamentably cancelled after only three seasons, is more or less the apotheosis of Aaron Sorkin’s mindset and worldview
The Good Shepherd (2006)
This is the story of James Jesus Angleton, the founder and ‘mother’ of the CIA and probably the most famous Western spy of the 20th Century
The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998)
This TV movie is an unexpectedly decent and detailed journey into the microcosm of events just before and after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on 14th April 1865, five days after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox that ended the Civil War
Game Change (2012) & Sarah Palin: You Betcha! (2011)
Sarah Palin was the story of the 2008 Presidential campaign. Eclipsing even Barack Obama’s star power, the homespun, out-of-nowhere Governor of Alaska massively re-energised John McCain’s ailing effort
Weiner (2016)
Absolutely the most hilarious and entertaining politics doco ever! It’s almost beyond belief that this really happened
Trumped (2017)
The name of this doco alone makes it essential viewing for anyone interested in the 2016 US Presidential election. It was apparently hastily assembled in the wake of the shock result, from footage captured for Showtime’s series ‘the Circus’
Only US Politics 