The 50 Year Argument

Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review of Books, America’s leading journal of ideas for over 50 years. Provocative, idiosyncratic and incendiary, the film weaves rarely seen archival material, contributor interviews, excerpts from writings by such icons as James Baldwin, Gore Vidal, and Joan Didion along with original verité footage filmed in the Review’s West Village offices.

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Psychoanalysis in El Barrio

Britain's Racist Election

2015

Shouting Down Midnight

Shouting Down Midnight

2022

French Bashing

French Bashing

2015

Der Rhein - Strom der Geschichte

2016

Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV

Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV

2010

Hamilton's America

Hamilton's America

2016

Why Women Run

Why Women Run

1999

When We Were Kings

When We Were Kings

1996

Acts of Violence

Acts of Violence

1985

The Fog of War

The Fog of War

2003

America: Freedom to Fascism

America: Freedom to Fascism

2006

Haymatloz - Exil in der Türkei

Haymatloz - Exil in der Türkei

2016

We Were Kings (Burma's Lost Royals)

2018

George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing

George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing

2005

Burying the Past: Legacy of the Mountain Meadows Massacre

Burying the Past: Legacy of the Mountain Meadows Massacre

2004

The True Story of the Mary Celeste

The True Story of the Mary Celeste

2007

Viva la Vulva

Viva la Vulva

2019

The Donner Party

The Donner Party

1992

Ruler in Arabia

Ruler in Arabia

2020