Presently in the preparatory stages of a research trip to China—journalist visa approved!—but I’m beginning to have second thoughts whether I should even bother. I can’t remember in my lifetime (post 1970, eh?) a country this wall-to-wall covered by Western media.
When has a single nation ever generated this scale of fascination and fear in the […]

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Over at his New York Times blog, filmmaker Errol Morris (Thin Blue Line, Fog of War, Fast, Cheap and Out of Control) discusses the possibilities and perils of using dramatic re-enactments in his documentaries. Unlike Michael Moore, Morris holds his audience’s intellect in high regard, and thus feels compelled to meditate on the implications of […]

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