Michael Moore takes "Capitalism" censure to Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Firebrand director Michael Moore is in Japan to promote his latest documentary on the global economic meltdown, which he says should resonate in a nation that has already seen the dark side of capitalism. "Capitalism: A Love Story" opens in Japan on Saturday, and Moore, on his ...
From Toronto to Pittsburgh to Jay Leno, "Capitalism" Marches On
Friends, It hasn't quite hit me that "Capitalism: A Love Story," my new film, will be opening in theaters in New York and L.A. just one week from tomorrow. And everywhere else on October 2nd. Is it already the fall? Having spent the last year and a half living pretty ...
Van Warmerdam comedy wins Venice sidebar
Queer Lion, Lion Cub, Digital awards also announced By Eric J. Lyman / Hollywood Reporter ROME -- "De laatste dagen van Emma Blank" (The Last Days of Emma Blank), an unlikely comedy about a wealthy woman who drives her servants to mutiny from Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam, won the ...
Michael Moore’s Anti-Capitalist Attack Dazzles Italians: Review
Review by Farah Nayeri Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- “Michael, we love you!” Filmmaker Michael Moore is promoting his new movie “Capitalism: A Love Story” to the media at the Venice Film Festival. He is stopped in his tracks when an Italian female reporter unfurls a banner bearing those adoring words. ...
Michael Moore's war on capitalism
By Stephanie Bunbury / The Age OSCAR-WINNING filmmaker Michael Moore has weighed into the global financial crisis, saying the downturn has demonstrated the United States is not really a democracy. ''I think it's difficult to call anything a democracy when the economy, the thing that really drives people's lives, is ...
Michael Moore Blasts Bank ‘Coup D’Etat,’ State Bailout: Review
Review by Farah Nayeri Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- “We’re here to get the money back for the American people,” says filmmaker Michael Moore, as he tries to take an empty canvas bag into the heavily guarded headquarters of a bailed-out bank. The 55-year-old satirist has much to rant about, what ...
With Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore Goes For Broke
By Mary Corliss / TIME "Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." So wrote Thomas Jefferson to a friend in 1816. Now Michael Moore, whose Fahrenheit 9/11 took on the U.S. Army, and the entire military-executive-industrial establishment, brings his latest documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, to the Venice Film ...
Moore makes first Venice premiere
By Colleen Barry (AP) VENICE, Italy — Michael Moore's says his film "Capitalism: A Love Story" is dedicated to "good people ... who've had their lives ruined" by the quest for profit.After many a successful debut at Cannes, Moore premieres the film Sunday in his first appearance at the Venice ...
By Xan Brooks / Guardian The bankrobbers caught on CCTV at the start of Capitalism: A Love Story are a forlorn and feeble bunch. We see a bedraggled old man in a Hawaiian shirt, and what looks to be a 12-year-old boy wearing a balaclava. For all their flailing efforts, ...
By Leslie Felperin / Variety An Overture Films release of a Paramount Vantage, Overture Films presentation in association with the Weinstein Co., of a Dog Eat Dog production. (International sales: Paramount Vantage, Los Angeles.) Produced by Michael Moore, Anne Moore. Executive producers, Kathleen Glynn, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein. Co-producers, Rod ...
"Capitalism is evil," says new Michael Moore film
By Mike Collett-White VENICE (Reuters) - Capitalism is evil. That is the conclusion of U.S. documentary maker Michael Moore's latest movie "Capitalism: A Love Story," which premieres at the Venice film festival on Sunday. Blending his trademark humor with tragic individual stories, archive footage and publicity stunts, the 55-year-old launches ...
Moore makes first Venice premiere
By Colleen Barry (AP) VENICE, Italy — Michael Moore says his film "Capitalism: A Love Story" is dedicated to "good people ... who've had their lives ruined" by the quest for profit. Moore's latest film features many whose lives have been shattered by a corporate environment where the drive for ...
Michael Moore Slams Bailout of Wall Street, Wants 'Money Back'
By Farah Nayeri Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Moore launched his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story" at the Venice Film Festival today, staging an all-out attack on the free-market system and on the U.S. government bailout of financial institutions. "Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil," Moore, an ...
This Is It! World Premiere of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' Tonight ...a message from Michael Moore
Friends, Well, this is it! Tonight, at the Venice Film Festival, I will premiere my new movie, "Capitalism: A Love Story." After 16 months of production, I am proud to present this work of mine to you. It is unlike anything you'll see on the silver screen this year. Twenty ...
AIG gets some tough love from Michael Moore
Ouch! – this could be painful. Beleaguered bosses at American insurer AIG (or Chartis as it now wants to be known) are bracing themselves for an uncomfortable few days. Dashwood, edited by Jonathan Russell / Telegraph Michael Moore's latest film Capitalism: A Love Story will have its first screening at ...
By Emiko Terazono / Financial Times As the first anniversary of the Lehman Brothers' collapse approaches, expect a slew of articles and programmes analysing the event and the financial turbulence that ensued.Film director Michael Moore is premiering his documentary take on the crisis Capitalism: A Love Story at the Venice ...
Michael Moore brings his take on US banking crisis to Venice
Deutsche Presse-Agentur Venice, Italy - Controversial US filmmaker Michael Moore was set Saturday to bring his highly anticipated documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, to the Venice Film, Festival. Moore has revealed little of the film ahead of its world premier in the Italian lagoon city, where it is competing for ...
Michael Moore leads American competition at Venice Film Festival
By Tom O'Neil / Los Angeles Times Only five of the 23 movies entered in the official competition at the Venice Film Festival are American. There are also are four each from Italy, France, the rest of Europe and Asia, as well as two from the Middle East. Organizers of ...
Michael Moore’s Wall Street Satire to Open at Venice Festival
By Farah Nayeri Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Moore, the American filmmaker and satirist, is making Venice the launchpad for his Wall Street diatribe, “Capitalism: A Love Story.” Moore’s “Capitalism” will compete for the top prize at the 10-day Venice Film Festival, which opens today. The two-hour movie, which screens ...
Director Michael Moore to bring acerbic wit to Venice
Golden Lion's jury to be chaired by Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee Agence France-Presse Michael Moore unleashes his acerbic wit on the world financial crisis and U.S. fashion designer Tom Ford makes his directorial debut at the Venice film festival opening tomorrow. Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" is among 24 selections ...
Venice film festival line-up in 2009
LONDON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The 2009 Venice film festival, which runs from Sept. 2-12, opens on Wednesday.Following are the films in the main competition, with the title, director, main production country and some of the stars listed. Dozens more are shown in other sections of the world's oldest film ...
Capitalism the villain as Moore movie hits Venice
By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - The Venice film festival has capitalism in its sights this year, with premieres of Michael Moore's documentary on the U.S. economic meltdown and a drama starring Matt Damon as a corrupt corporate whistleblower. "Capitalism: A Love Story," in competition at the annual cinema showcase, ...
Venice Film Festival unveils Golden Lion lineup led by Michael Moore
Los Angeles Times The Venice Film Festival has announced 23 of the two dozen films to screen in competition at the 66th edition beginning Sept. 2. The final pick will be unveiled on Sept. 5. These 24 pics will contend for the coveted Golden Lion with the winner to be ...
New Michael Moore film in Venice film festival line-up
ROME (AFP) — Michael Moore's film on the financial crisis and the directorial debut of US fashion designer Tom Ford will compete for the Golden Lion award at this year's Venice film festival, organisers said Thursday. "It's one of the most surprising and strongest selections," the event's director Marco Muller ...
Moore movie to compete at Venice
BBC News Capitalism, the latest documentary from Fahrenheit 9/11 director Michael Moore, features in the official competition at this year's Venice Film Festival. The film, in which Moore looks at the global economic meltdown, is one of 23 titles up for the Golden Lion award. Others include Werner Herzog's remake ...
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June 5th, 2013
Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World
This past week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the main federation of Hollywood's six major studios, posted on their web site a list of what they believe ...
March 23rd, 2013
This evening is going be a big moment in turning our country around on the issue of gun violence. That's why I desperately want you ...
March 21st, 2013
I am hosting a nationwide series of house parties this Saturday night where tens of thousands of people will gather together in living rooms to ...
March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
March 13th, 2013
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
The year was 1955. Emmett Till was a young African American boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi. One day Emmett was seen "flirting" with ...
February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
"The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different." – Michael Moore in ...
November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
'The East'
Why have you started a comedy festival in northern Michigan in the middle of winter?
Because if you were here in the dead of winter in the middle of nowhere (which is actually somewhere to us), you'd need a few laughs too ... Continue Reading
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