Cole Smithey - Articles

Social Media Government

Cole Smithey — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:47:20 -0500

A social media mechanism that allows every American citizen to propose public policy (foreign and domestic) and vote on such proposals, on the other hand, would effectively put every single politician out of work.

Cole Smithey’s Worst & Best Films of 2011

Cole Smithey — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:04:40 -0500

2011 was an incredibly fascinating year in cinema.

NYFF 2011 in Perspective

Cole Smithey — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:49:32 -0400

The New York Film Festival 2011 By Cole Smithey Easily the best New York Film Festival I’ve experienced in the 15 consecutive years I’ve attended it, 2011 was truly an exceptional year. Of the 17 films I saw there was only one disappointment (Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants”) and one unforgivable dog (“Martha Marcy May Marlene” – I compulsively make fun of the title every time I say it). Martin Scorsese personally introduced a surprise screening...

The Death of Fanboy Culture

Cole Smithey — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:53:24 -0400

The Death of Fan Boy Culture

Lars von Trier - Persona non Grata

Cole Smithey — Sat, 21 May 2011 14:45:15 -0400

Danish Lars von Trier is a great filmmaker. He's also as inept a masochist as he is a humorist.