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MAOIST.WS

Maoist Information Web Site

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Movie Reviews

Maoist movie reviews and essays

Reviews of individual movies

"(500) Days of Summer" (2009)

"A.I. Artificial Intelligence" (2001)

"Angels & Demons" (2009) (page contains 2 images)

"Avatar" (2009)

"The Bourne Ultimatum" (2007)

"Cloverfield" (2008)

"The Day the Earth Stood Still" (2008)

"District 9" (2009)

"The Falcon and the Snowman" (1985)

"Fight Club" (1999)

"Foxy Brown" (1974)

"Godzilla's Revenge" (1971)

"Good Hair" (2009)

"Gran Torino" (2008)

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007)

"The Invasion" (2007)

"Live Free or Die Hard" (2007)

"Lust, Caution" (2007)

"The Magnificent Seven" (1960)

"The Matrix" (1999)

"The Matrix Reloaded" (2003)

"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" (2008)

"Notorious" (2009)

"Obsessed" (2009)

"Persepolis" (2007)

"Red Dawn" (1984)

"The Searchers" (1956) (page contains 1 image)

"Sleeper" (1973)

"The Spook Who Sat by the Door" (1973) (page contains 2 images)

"Taken" (2008)

"Terminator Salvation" (2009)

"Total Recall" (1990)

"Valkyrie" (2008)

"WALL-E" (2008)

"Wanted" (2008)

"Westworld" (1973)

"Wings of Defeat" (2007)

Essays

The machines are the proletariat: "Matrix" as a counterrevolutionary story

Liberalism, universality and the theory of humyn nature: from "Persepolis" to "The Matrix"

Visions of post-Liberal capitalism: "Alphaville," "Week End," and "A Boy and His Dog"

The public-opinion usefulness of three war-related movies: "Empire of the Sun," "The Kite Runner," and "The Water Horse"

Keywords for this page: the Dziga Vertov Group, Jean-Luc Godard, Maoism, Marxist film criticism

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