By Gregory Crofton Sundance-Grand-Jury-Prize-winning documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner likes to point her camera at anti-establishment thinkers who try to create their own worlds. Think Anton Newcombe of BrianJonestown Massacre, featured in her rock documentary DIG! (2004), and Internet guru Josh…
BBC’s Jeremy Paxman vs. Russell Brand
Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman talks to Russell Brand about voting, revolution and beards, as he launches his guest edit for the New Statesman.
‘THE SQUARE’ Will Win the Oscar and Test Your Patience
By Gregory Crofton “The Square” is a “stunning” movie, as New York Times’ critic A.O. Scott said in his film review, because it captures momentous times in the political history of Egypt and the Middle East, and these moments come…