The End of Poverty?

This documentary argues against economic globalization and corporate imperialism.

"...notes (well, most of them) in the argument against globalization and rampant U.S.-led corporate imperialism, but it rarely supersedes..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"Clarissa Tossin: Meeting the Waters" at the Blanton

The Brazilian artist explores the confluence of globalization's streams of production through the Amazon

"..."Meeting of Waters," an exploration of the confluence of globalization's streams of production and the Amazon River's streams through..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Letters @ 3AM

Globalization isn't only something that's happening to our economy: Globalization is happening to us – to our bodies, our families, and our psyches

"...Globalization isn't only something that's happening to our economy. In..."

April 25, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Transporter 3

Jason Statham returns for the third venture in this action series, which is surprisingly better than you might expect.

"...everything Besson has a hand in, it smacks of post-globalization Euro-cool, most breathtakingly in the person of Statham's co-star..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Planet B-Boy

The global revival of breakdancing is the subject of this documentary, which shows off the mad skillz of competitors around the world.

"...bogged down in the South Bronx. It turns out globalization has its good points after all, and they're sporting..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mondovino

Sprawling documentary about the globalization of the wine industry is ambitious but frequently directionless – for true connoisseurs only.

"...it’s a steal), then this sprawling documentary about the globalization of the wine industry probably won’t be your cup..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Demonlover

French mind-warper has a puzzle-box narrative and a soundtrack by Sonic Youth.

"...At times, Demonlover seems to be a parable about anti-globalization, at others it’s a canny look at the dehumanization..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times

"...everything from the political chaos arising post 9/11 to globalization, the West's role in the misleadingly named war on..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Life and Debt

Set in Jamaica, this is an eye-opening documentary and primer on why the IMF and the World Bank are not to be trusted by emerging third-world countries.

"...and U.S.AID and international trade agreements to show how globalization -- initially developed as a means to assist Third..."

March 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Former Chilean Prez Has Common Sense – Can We Get Some of That?

Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos gave a speech on globalization at UT

"...In our era of increased globalization, "individual countries cannot take actions that weaken the multi-national..."

March 7, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

The End

End times musical doesn't go far enough

"...or plaudits, but of form. His 2003 documentary The Globalization Tapes tried to create a grand unification theory of..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Hologram for the King

Tom Hanks stars in this seriocomic take on Dave Eggers’ 2012 novel

"...metaphor-heavy landscape. Alan is one of the victims of globalization and the American recession of the last decade, after,..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"...Rahul Mahajan will teach a two-session, one-day course, "Corporate Globalization Post-9/11," for anti-occupation and anti-corporate-globalization activists. The first session,..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Is Knowledge Power?

A profile of precarious global intelligence firm Stratfor

"...this country who are dealing with the effects of globalization, from businesses to mom and pop shops, and all..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

June 18, 1996: Aguascalientes in La Realidad, Chiapas

"...which had become a model of Neoliberalism, of the globalization process, of modernization, was suddenly shaken by an indigenous..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature

June 18, 1996: Aguascalientes in La Realidad, Chiapas

"...which had become a model of neoliberalism, of the globalization process, of modernization, which suddenly was shaken by an..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature

Migrating North

As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.

"...they're all in Vancouver. Hollywood's own version of rampant globalization is hemorrhaging jobs over cash flow, and the parallels..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Brink

On the road with Steve Bannon as he tries to dismantle the world

"...the Movement. (For a man who claims he opposes globalization, he sure exerts a lot of energy into creating..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ash Is Purest White

The emotional cost of a life of crime across two decades in Northern China

"...the filmmaker’s concern with the effects that modernization and globalization have had on his country. Jia’s minimalist visual style..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Confrontational Cinema

Companion doc to The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence revisits Indonesian atrocities

"...He refuses to even take full credit for The Globalization Tapes, his 2003 documentary on exploitation in Indonesia's palm..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Inequality for All

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich tackles income inequality in this documentary.

"...upward mobility among the middle class started to stagnate. Globalization and technology also play roles in this stagnation. Most..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Our most primal fears about what's lurking in the dark lies at the heart of this Guillermo del Toro-scripted frightmare.

"...eldritch, ichor-infused New England probably says something about the globalization of the film market and the necessity of outsiders..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Report

Seismic Jolts in Shreveport; and Hoovernomics, Part II

"...American factories and our middle-class jobs offshore rationalize this globalization of production by declaring that it's all about efficiency,..."

April 15, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

Last Train Home

This small masterpiece of documentary filmmaking offers an intimate look at the impact of China’s industrial growth.

"...This is a story about the economic fallout of globalization. Look no further than those boxes of garments stamped..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

An Altar-nate View

Liven up the boo-ring Halloween season with Día de los Muertos celebrations

"...kid, although I realize it is changing with increased globalization as well."..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Letters at 3AM: 'O' Is for Oligarchy (Continued)

The American Oligarchy has been growing for decades, and we've been its enablers

"...capital-"E" Elsewhere that, over time, became capital-"O" Oligarchy. With globalization, the biggest firms not only no longer needed our..."

April 23, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

The Ruins

Four friends on a Mexican vacation discover something evil among the Mayan ruins.

"...a monkey-dumb yanqui falling prey to the horrors of globalization. And that's pretty dumb...."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

License to Shrill, Uncensored

A conversation with New York Times columnist Paul Krugman

"...as created by "impersonal forces, like technological change and globalization." But you argue they were policy creations of the..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Manufactured Landscapes

With the eye of an artist, photographer Edward Burtynsky views the effects of China's industrial incursions into its natural landscape.

"...landfill in rural China? That’s the sinister thing about globalization: the terrible, exculpating interconnectivity of it all. Who’s to..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Happenings

Friday, March 2 - Wednesday, March 7

"...WOMEN CONFRONTING GLOBALIZATION: CULTURAL RESISTANCE, ALTERNATIVE ECONOMY & HUMAN RIGHTS Social anthropology..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature

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