Features
Monday, January 3 2011
The Best Independent / International Films of 2010
PopMatters launches our six-day look at 2010's best film, TV and DVDs by spotlighting the 25 best indie and international films of the year, highlighted by a host of superb documentaries, a stellar film from China and one of the finest works of "hillbilly noir" ever.
Reviews
Wednesday, October 27 2010
'The Oath': American Intelligence Gets it Wrong
With The Oath, director Laura Poitras highlights the contradictions and failures of America's "war on terror".
Tuesday, September 21 2010
'POV: The Oath': We Need Every Last Muslim
Laura Poitras' superb documentary, The Oath, follows Abu Jandal, but doesn't quite figure him out.
Friday, May 21 2010
'The Oath' Is a Stellar Documentary and a Perfect 10
Abu Jandal's multiple lives seem as difficult to juggle as others'. Gauging responses and reading contexts, he is, as The Oath presents him, in process.
Tuesday, December 5 2006
My Country, My Country (2006)
Though the elections were over in January 2005, My Country exposes tensions that remain raw, if ever shifting.
