If Reverend Donald Wildmon of the far-right American Family Association was to be believed in 1991, the United States government had, via the National Endowment for the Arts, financed gay porn. The movie in question was Todd Haynes' "Poison," a triptych of short stories riffing on the work of homosexual writer Jean Genet, and, you probably won't be surprised to learn, was as far from a skin flick as "A Man for All Seasons." The truth, however, didn't matter. That Haynes' was an out gay flmmaker who'd received taxpayer money to make a movie examining the "panicky fright" of a society that could not, for the most part, accept the strangeness (i.e. non-straightness) of their fellow human beings infuriated religious bigots like Wildmon. They could sense the cultural tide was turning against them, so they rallied their hateful base to protest a handful of drop-in-the-bucket government grants.
"Poison" was just...
"Poison" was just...
- 9/20/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Last seen delivering a tell-all, behind-the-scenes interview to the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America, former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey sat down for a wide-ranging interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Tuesday. Armey served as a punching bag for Matthews for just long enough to make FreedomWorks – and the Gop, for that matter – happy that Armey no longer holds a position of power in the Republican Party or any of its supporting organizations.
- 1/8/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey appeared on Thursday's Starting Point, where he and host Soledad O'Brien talked gun control and whether the Tea Party will rally around Mitt Romney come voting time. "Last summer," O'Brien pointed out, "you sounded incredibly underwhelmed by a Mitt Romney candidacy, and you said that the Tea Party will not come out for Mitt Romney. Has that changed?"...
- 7/26/2012
- by Alex Alvarez
- Mediaite - TV
Rocky Mountain Pictures released "Atlas Shrugged, Part I" on 299 screens this weekend, receiving a fair but not overwhelming response from audiences. The tepidly reviewed film is based on Ayn Rand's final novel, which details a dystopian United States that collapses as government asserts control. It has received significant backing by Tea Party groups, with FreedomWorks, the Tea Party-allied group headed by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, among the ...
- 4/17/2011
- Indiewire
"Atlas Shrugged" the anti-big government novel by Ayn Rand that has become a beloved text for the Tea Party, is returning to the multiplex in a new remake. Sorta. The movie is slated for an April 15 release -- the number of screens it will appear on is still in play -- but it did screen on March 23 at D.C.'s conservative Heritage Foundation.
And no less a supporter than Dick Armey -- former House majority leader and now head of FreedomWorks, a Tea Party organization -- has made it his business to put the movie in as many theaters as possible. So far he's lined up 63 theaters out of the hoped-for 300.
"In a lot of ways this project reflects the ethos of the tea party," FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe tells the National Journal. "You had both Republicans and Democrats who felt rejected by the establishment, and the same process...
And no less a supporter than Dick Armey -- former House majority leader and now head of FreedomWorks, a Tea Party organization -- has made it his business to put the movie in as many theaters as possible. So far he's lined up 63 theaters out of the hoped-for 300.
"In a lot of ways this project reflects the ethos of the tea party," FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe tells the National Journal. "You had both Republicans and Democrats who felt rejected by the establishment, and the same process...
- 3/29/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Zeitgeist will release a 20th Anniversary Edition of Todd Haynes’ groundbreaking American independent film Poison on DVD on May 24.
From the Oscar-nominated director of Far From Heaven, I’m Not There and the new HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce, 1991’s Poison is a trailblazing landmark in the U.S.’s “New Queer Cinema” wave of the 1990s.
Todd Haynes' breakthrough film Poison returns to DVD this May.
Shot in rich black-and-white, Haynes’ first feature film — following the underground short sensation Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story — this movie is a thrilling work of immense visual invention.
Inspired by the writings of controversial French novelist and activist Jean Genet, Poison interweaves a trio of transgressive tales — “Hero,” “Horror” and “Homo” — that build toward a devastating climax. Shot in a mock tabloid-tv style, “Hero” tells a bizarre story of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice. “Horror,” filmed like a delirious ’50s B-movie melodrama,...
From the Oscar-nominated director of Far From Heaven, I’m Not There and the new HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce, 1991’s Poison is a trailblazing landmark in the U.S.’s “New Queer Cinema” wave of the 1990s.
Todd Haynes' breakthrough film Poison returns to DVD this May.
Shot in rich black-and-white, Haynes’ first feature film — following the underground short sensation Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story — this movie is a thrilling work of immense visual invention.
Inspired by the writings of controversial French novelist and activist Jean Genet, Poison interweaves a trio of transgressive tales — “Hero,” “Horror” and “Homo” — that build toward a devastating climax. Shot in a mock tabloid-tv style, “Hero” tells a bizarre story of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice. “Horror,” filmed like a delirious ’50s B-movie melodrama,...
- 3/24/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
With Pence out, Huckabee wavering and Palin problematic, conservatives are looking for a heartthrob. Howard Kurtz on the 2012 vacuum that could help Obama.
It wasn't exactly a full-fledged draft, but for a few, brief shining moments, Mike Pence was in demand as a presidential candidate.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Will Carney's Voice Carry?
The Indiana congressman would have faced a huge fundraising challenge, but when a group of Republican hotshots, including Dick Armey, began trying to persuade Pence to make a run, the effort warranted a big headline in Politico.
Well, that didn't last long. Pence told the Indiana press last night that he may run for governor instead.
The curious mating dance unfolding these days suggests an unmistakable void in the amorphous Republican field.
With everyone from Donald Trump to pizza mogul Herman Cain to wrong-camera maverick Michele Bachmann eyeing the race, we have Bill Kristol...
It wasn't exactly a full-fledged draft, but for a few, brief shining moments, Mike Pence was in demand as a presidential candidate.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Will Carney's Voice Carry?
The Indiana congressman would have faced a huge fundraising challenge, but when a group of Republican hotshots, including Dick Armey, began trying to persuade Pence to make a run, the effort warranted a big headline in Politico.
Well, that didn't last long. Pence told the Indiana press last night that he may run for governor instead.
The curious mating dance unfolding these days suggests an unmistakable void in the amorphous Republican field.
With everyone from Donald Trump to pizza mogul Herman Cain to wrong-camera maverick Michele Bachmann eyeing the race, we have Bill Kristol...
- 1/28/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
George W. Bush's memoir sold more than 700,000 copies in its first week on sale, but how does he compare to other political authors who have turned votes into books? The Daily Beast analyzes the sales figures.
According to Crown Publishing Group, the publisher of George W. Bush's memoir Decision Points, the former President's tome sold 775,000 copies across all formats during its first week on sale (the hardback version sold 434,000 according to Nielsen BookScan). The last nonfiction author on the house's roster to match that scale was Bill Clinton with his autobiography My Life, which sold 900,000 hardback copies during its first week.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Punching Back at WikiLeaks
But, like many former leaders, Bush did not rank among the country's bestselling titles; Clinton is one of just six former presidents who have landed atop on New York Times bestseller list for nonfiction since the list...
According to Crown Publishing Group, the publisher of George W. Bush's memoir Decision Points, the former President's tome sold 775,000 copies across all formats during its first week on sale (the hardback version sold 434,000 according to Nielsen BookScan). The last nonfiction author on the house's roster to match that scale was Bill Clinton with his autobiography My Life, which sold 900,000 hardback copies during its first week.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Punching Back at WikiLeaks
But, like many former leaders, Bush did not rank among the country's bestselling titles; Clinton is one of just six former presidents who have landed atop on New York Times bestseller list for nonfiction since the list...
- 11/8/2010
- by The Daily Beast
- The Daily Beast
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