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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.

God Knows Where I Am

God Knows Where I Am is the scariest, saddest film of the year.

By |April 9th, 2017|Documentary|0 Comments

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

A rousing call to arms for anyone interested in honest, issues-based journalism, this documentary could not be timelier.

By |November 28th, 2016|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

The Ivory Game

Executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, the documentary exposes the thriving market for ivory and starts a dialogue toward ending it. In this aim, the film is a smashing success.

By |November 3rd, 2016|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Environmental|0 Comments

Do Not Resist

The film could not be timelier, and it offers answers to one of the most vital questions of our time—why are citizens being treated like enemy combatants?

By |October 14th, 2016|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Theo Who Lived

A vivid documentary about the two-year imprisonment of an American freelance journalist in war-torn Syria. A remarkable chronicle of empathy.

By |October 8th, 2016|Documentary, Top Picks, War|0 Comments

Snowden

Oliver Stone’s film covers a nine-year period in the life of security systems administrator turned whistleblower Edward Snowden, from an idealistic Special Forces enlistee to becoming the most wanted man in the world.

By |September 25th, 2016|Biopic|0 Comments

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four

In 1998, four young San Antonio women were sentenced to 82.5 years in prison between them, on accusations that didn’t even rise to the level of baseless.

By |September 15th, 2016|Documentary, GLBT, Top Picks|0 Comments

Starving the Beast

This shocking, depressing, blood-boiling documentary examines the lengths to which politicians and think tanks will go to ensure that business logic extends into every aspect of society, including higher education.

By |September 5th, 2016|Education|0 Comments

When Two Worlds Collide

A riveting, highly informative look at the ongoing conflict between Amazonian natives defending their land against transnational petroleum corporations.

By |August 24th, 2016|Environmental, Top Picks|0 Comments