"Good Night, And Good Luck"
It sat in the Netflix envelope for a week, because who has time? But we watched it last night. Kristi expected to be bored ("another one of your movies"), but enjoyed it. While it wasn't something Emma was going to watch or understand, it could be watched in her presence without concern (PG rated). The parallels to, and messages for, today were nicely drawn, clear without being overstated. I particularly thought the "hidden" marriage between Robert Downey Jr. and Patricia Clarkson was a nice metaphor for the problems often faced by gays in today's workplace. And Ray Wise as Don Hollenbeck was brilliant; I can't remember seeing him since "Twin Peaks". Probably because I don't watch TV anymore -- but man, what a great actor.This film should be required viewing in every news room in the country. With a round-table discussion afterwards.
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