Last Friday, Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 opened in 1,719 theaters across the country – the biggest opening for any of his films – but only made $3.1 million. Although it had the highest opening for a documentary in 2018, it was a letdown compared to the famous weekend in ...read more
If you grew up very very far away from any part of the country that has a theater district like New York City's Broadway, you might not be familiar with the phrase "limited engagement", in which a show is meant to only run for a short amount of time and then shut down even if ...read more
There is a common fear that is starting to congeal among the left about the threat of Donald Trump occupying the Oval Office: When the next major terrorist attack occurs on American soil, kiss your civil rights goodbye. Giving a voice to this fear, Michael Moore took to Facebook ...read more
If you've been paying close enough attention, you might've noticed it. There's a gurgling strain of goodwill and outreach brewing among certain liberal Democrats during the final days of the 2016 presidential election. Specifically, there are more than a few leftists who are at ...read more
Michael Moore was on Late Night last night (Monday night/Tuesday morning), and he told the story of meeting Donald Trump in 1998, and Trump begging him to go easy on him, before a taping of Roseanne's talk show. It's a story Moore has told before, but he added a little something ...read more
You might recall how, several weeks ago, Michael Moore appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher and declared with a predictable blast of controversy that Donald Trump would be elected the next president of the United States. Trump, he said, will ride on the backs of like-minded ...read more
This year's Oscar nominees are so white, John Boyega is asking if he can keep his Stormtrooper helmet on for the next Star Wars movie, but let's face it. Observing how white the Oscars are has become an annual rite. This year, every single acting nominee is white, and director ...read more
From Mike Huckabee's fever dreams of a secular America to the Lovecraftian gibberish spewing forth from the Iowa Freedom Summit, the final week of January confirmed that American politics in 2015 will be just as twisted and deluded as they were in 2014. In fact, they might even ...read more
Download the mp3 (55 minutes, 23mb) Kobayashi Maru: Brand New Dan Bidondi Tape: Gun-Grabbin’ Senator Part 2; Obama’s Plan for ISIS and Syria is a No Win Situation; The Middle East Conundrum; Domestic Chez Goes to PTA; Remembering 9/11 and Replaying it on Television; Michael ...read more
You can always tell when there's a midterm or presidential election right around the corner. Many of the usual pests crawl out from the floor-boards and inject themselves into the discourse just long enough to sell a book or release another polemical documentary. Yesterday it ...read more
Letter to a Non-Voter ...from Michael Moore Sunday, November 4th, 2012 To my friend who is not voting on Tuesday: I get it – and I don't blame you. You're fed up and you could care less whether Tweedledee or Tweedledumber wins on Tuesday – because on Wednesday, your life ...read more
By Bob Cesca: One of the prerequisites for being a political writer/junkie is a natural and sometimes frustrating inability to keep my yapper shut. Admittedly, I have a big mouth. Nevertheless, being an outspoken critic of current events and politics is especially dangerous ...read more
By Chez Paziena: Yesterday evening I popped up a quickie post over at my blog, Deus Ex Malcontent, that generated quite a bit of push-back. (For the record, it's always the minor brain droppings, as Carlin used to say, fired off on a whim, that seem to earn me the most ...read more