Why America Forgets Its Mistakes.

The United States of Amnesia is an appreciative look at the life and work of the late Gore Vidal, and shows a man who was always ahead of time.

“Everything we chose was to show the lineage in his thinking, to show the consistency of his analysis, and how he was ahead of his time. He’s always been ahead. When you see it over and over again it really stands out. He was pointing this out all the way. Now he’s gone and we should pay attention.”

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Cert:12A • US: 150 min • Twentieth Century Fox • January 25, 2013

Glittering with moments of brilliance, led by an exceptional team of actors, Lincoln is far less than the sum of its parts.

“The fault with Lincoln is that its content is too great for the structure that contains it, and there are far too many characters to squeeze into its 150 minutes.”

2012

Polari asked writers what they saw in 2012. From The Judas Kiss to Lincoln.

“Polari asked writers what they saw in 2012. From The Judas Kiss to Lincoln.”

1925-2012.

Gore Vidal, one of America’s greatest writers, died on July 31 at the age of 86.

“Over the course of sixty-six years Vidal published twenty-nine novels (five under pseudonyms), four memoirs (one disguised as an extended essay, Screening History [1992]), and countless essays as well as plays for television, stage & cinema.”