by Griffin Rissinger | Aug 6, 2021 | Featured, News and Politics, Opinion and Editorial
Wednesday, July 20 marked the one-year anniversary of Michael Brooks’ passing. Michael was one of the most influential voices on the left, not only to me, but to thousands of leftists today. He was only 36 years old. Brooks was the co-host of “Majority...
by Griffin Rissinger | Jul 18, 2021 | Entertainment, Featured, Opinion and Editorial
MAJOR TRIGGER WARNING for anyone considering watching this week’s film, “As If I Am Not There.” This film depicts a young woman’s journey during the beginning of the Bosnian war. I cannot understate enough, this film features some of the toughest scenes...
by Griffin Rissinger | Jul 14, 2021 | Entertainment, Featured, Opinion and Editorial
Today Foreign Film Friday is a bit different. I will discuss two Eastern European silent films. The first is a 1925 movie called “Battleship Potemkin” and the other is a documentary from 1929 called “Man with a Movie Camera.” These were the...
by Griffin Rissinger | Jun 18, 2021 | Entertainment, Featured, Opinion and Editorial
This week for “Foreign Film Friday,” I watched the 1958 Egyptian controversial classic, “Cairo Station.” I say “controversial” because the movie was banned in its own country of Egypt for 11 years. Directed by critically-acclaimed Youssef Chahine, this was...
by Griffin Rissinger | Jun 5, 2021 | Entertainment, Featured, Opinion and Editorial
“The Raid: Redemption” is an Indonesian film directed by the Welch Gareth Evans. This movie is one that had me in awe from start to finish for the choreography and fighting scenes. The movie’s runtime is 101 minutes and I swear there’s no more than maybe...
