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'The Invisible War': will a win at the Oscars change anything for raped women in the military?new
Of this year's Oscar-nominated films, none is more relevant to Military City, USA than Kirby Dick's The Invisible War.
San Antonio Current |
Joy-Marie Scott |
01-30-2013 |
Movies
U.S. Military Culture & Sexual Assaultnew
'The Invisible War,' about the U.S. military's culture of condoning sexual assaults, is powerful and heartbreaking.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
07-19-2012 |
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Tags: kirby dick, The Invisible War
'Outrage' Explores a Caucus of Closetsnew
Our tabloid culture loves to know who's doing who and where. But is this exposure -- often made at the expense of one's privacy -- a social imperative? In the case of closeted homosexual politicians who vote against gay issues, Kirby Dick would say yes.
Boise Weekly |
Jeremiah Wierenga |
07-22-2009 |
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The Hunted Chase Back with Closet-Cleaning Documentarynew
Outrage is a portrait of how modern politics is still getting it wrong when it comes to gay rights, made worse by the fact that many of the puppet masters behind anti-gay legislation are homosexual themselves.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-11-2009 |
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'Outrage' Celebrates the Kiss-and-Tellnew
Kirby Dick's documentary offers a surprisingly in-depth look at D.C.'s secret gayness on the way to its apparent objective: justifying the privacy violations inherent in ejecting the Larry Craigs and Mark Foleys from D.C.'s crowded closet.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
06-10-2009 |
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On Relinquishing Our Right to Be Hypocriticalnew
Outrage argues that its objective is to out hypocrisy rather than homosexuality. However, were we to give up our right to self-denial, wouldn't America cease to be a land of freedom?
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-29-2009 |
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'Outrage' Looks at Closeted Pols
Documentarian Kirby Dick brings the same methodical approach he applied to This Film is Not Yet Rated, about Hollywood's shadowy ratings board, to examine the practice of closeted gay, largely Republican, politicians to systematically vote against gay rights issues as a way of deflecting attention from their own sexuality.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-13-2009 |
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Peep Shownew
Dick exposes the secrecy, double standards and untruths surrounding the MPAA and the ratings system.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-16-2006 |
Reviews
Bucking the Systemnew
Kirby Dick takes the old, familiar complaint about the MPAA's inconsistencies and makes a compelling argument for revisiting the decades-old system.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
10-12-2006 |
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The Unkindest Cutsnew
Everyone complains about the perceived shortcomings of the MPAA, but nobody did anything -- that is, until activist documentarian Kirby Dick.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-22-2006 |
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Code Unknown
Dick merely assumes accusations of of a "fascist" system are true and never really makes the case for them.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
09-18-2006 |
Reviews
Dick Skewers the MPAA
Even if you've never given a second thought to who bestows ratings on movies or how those ranks are given, Dick's enlightening documentary will catch you up in its infectious spin of curiosity.
Whimpers & Whinesnew
The doc that attacks the MPAA relies on new tricks of the trade.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-07-2006 |
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For Mature Audiences Onlynew
Unlike the object of its scathing attention, Dick's documentary about the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings board is merry and bright and loads of fun.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
08-31-2006 |
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Painful Realitynew
Cameras follow as a man confronts the church that allowed him to be abused.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-07-2005 |
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Tags: Kirby Dick, Twist of Faith
