FILM
January/February 2014
Films with conservative themes are more common than their makers might care to admit
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January/February 2014
A superb new film vividly portrays the use and abuse of scripture by slavers to justify their evil acts
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December 2013
The Butler may be simplistic and sentimental but it is the kind of movie at which America still excels
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November 2013
Benedict Cumberbatch is hard to watch as Julian Assange and a new Juliet brings to mind Shrek’s bride
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Film
Written each month by Standpoint's regular film critic, Peter Whittle, and occasional guest columnists
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