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About Ted Metrakas

Ted Metrakas is a Brooklyn-based writer and philosopher and longtime contributor to Film-Forward. You can find his other keen observations and sharp cultural critiques on his website, tedmetrakas.substack.com, or find and read his philosophy books Another New Word and Underground Horizon at these links.

Utama

Set on the Andean plateau, Utama takes the conventions of the Western genre in a different direction.

By |November 3rd, 2022|Family drama, Western|0 Comments

Argentina, 1985

A tightly structured, informative, and cinematic depiction of the most important trial in Argentinian history. It's also among the best movies of the year

By |October 25th, 2022|South American, Top Picks|0 Comments

The Picture Taker

Prolific photographer Ernest Withers chronicled the civil rights movement. He was also a longtime FBI informant.

By |October 12th, 2022|Documentary|0 Comments

My Imaginary Country

An essential documentary for anyone interested in learning about an ongoing revolution that actually succeeded.

By |September 28th, 2022|Documentary, South American|0 Comments

The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales

An inside look at one of America’s most famous and valuable businesses, the Walt Disney Company.

By |September 21st, 2022|Documentary|0 Comments

Riotsville, USA

A vivid time capsule of the late 1960s, when anything seemed possible.

By |September 20th, 2022|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Chappaquiddick

Despite its provocative themes and its critical portrayal of America’s foremost political family, Chappaquiddick is quite restrained, more a study of manners than a scathing partisan broadside.

By |April 9th, 2018|Top Picks|0 Comments

You Were Never Really Here

A nightmarish, original view of New York’s underbelly, bolstered by a remarkable lead performance by Joaquin Phoenix.

By |April 4th, 2018|Top Picks|0 Comments

The Young Karl Marx

An exhaustively researched, meticulously detailed, historically impeccable depiction of Marx’s tumultuous life from 1843–1848.

By |February 22nd, 2018|Biopic, Top Picks|0 Comments