The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Film

The Politics of Film

The film world has gathered in France for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.  Lots of good stuff is going on there–here is a pretty good run-down of everything that has happened so far.  [Guardian]

Where were you in 2004?  I was in high school, being awkward.  So was Napoleon Dynamite, who became hero to millions of awkward high school boys like me everywhere.  Nowadays, Fox has decided to make an animated TV show based on Napoleon Dynamite–featuring the entire original cast.  ...