Dramatic Hollywood takedowns of maligned professions—big bad lawyers, banks, politicians—tend to be overdone portrayals that are good for a thrill yet bad as a civics lesson. But in our truth-is-stranger-than-fiction world, one where reality TV and government have merged, all bets are off. In this new universe, the otherwise metastasized film Miss Sloane, focused on vilifying the profession of lobbying, is unavoidably relevant and eerily prescient.
The titular character, played powerfully by the talented Jessica Chastain, is a ruthless lobbyist hired to take on the grandest lobby of them all: the gun industry. Chastain’s Sloane is so manipulative, so conniving, and so bereft of all human morality, that she makes Gordon Gekko look like Mother Theresa.
At the outset, the ambitious Sloane condescendingly walks out of her position at a right-wing lobbyist firm after her equally merciless boss, the demonic Sam Waterson, orders her to find a...
The titular character, played powerfully by the talented Jessica Chastain, is a ruthless lobbyist hired to take on the grandest lobby of them all: the gun industry. Chastain’s Sloane is so manipulative, so conniving, and so bereft of all human morality, that she makes Gordon Gekko look like Mother Theresa.
At the outset, the ambitious Sloane condescendingly walks out of her position at a right-wing lobbyist firm after her equally merciless boss, the demonic Sam Waterson, orders her to find a...
- 11/14/2016
- by J Don Birnam
- LRMonline.com
Apparently there’s an election happening somewhere at the moment. So what better time to test your knowledge of these campaign themed films.
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
The Best Man
Citizen Kane
Seven Days in May
Swing Vote
Bulworth
Bob Roberts
Election
The Manchurian Candidate
Dr Strangelove
Seven Days in May
Advise & Consent
The Candidate
The Campaign
The Contender
The Conquest
Meet John Doe
State of the Union
All the King's Men
The Great McGinty
Silver City
W.
The Ides of March
The American President
Three Days of the Condor
Taxi Driver
The Parallax View
The Candidate
Our Brand Is Crisis
State of Play
No
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Great McGinty
The Grapes of Wrath
Torchy Runs for Mayor
The Last Hurrah
Man of the Year
Napoleon Dynamite
Wag the Dog
Head of State
Continue reading...
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
The Best Man
Citizen Kane
Seven Days in May
Swing Vote
Bulworth
Bob Roberts
Election
The Manchurian Candidate
Dr Strangelove
Seven Days in May
Advise & Consent
The Candidate
The Campaign
The Contender
The Conquest
Meet John Doe
State of the Union
All the King's Men
The Great McGinty
Silver City
W.
The Ides of March
The American President
Three Days of the Condor
Taxi Driver
The Parallax View
The Candidate
Our Brand Is Crisis
State of Play
No
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Great McGinty
The Grapes of Wrath
Torchy Runs for Mayor
The Last Hurrah
Man of the Year
Napoleon Dynamite
Wag the Dog
Head of State
Continue reading...
- 10/28/2016
- by Aidan Mac Guill
- The Guardian - Film News
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- 8/20/2016
- by Marah Eakin
- avclub.com
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