Movies as Politics
Currently film critic at theChicago Reader,Jonathan  Rosenbaum has written for a variety of film journals for more than 20  years. Collected inMovies as Politicsare more than three dozen  essays focusing on political statements of modern film. Covered are such  topics as racial stereotyping in the movies, the emergence of films and  filmmakers from the Third World, and the cinematic treatment of  historical events, such as the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War,  and the Holocaust. It's not all heavy going, either. Rosenbaum's essays  onForest  Gump,Ace Ventura,  and the influence of Miramax are both informative and entertaining, if at  times scathing.