Tag Archives: Vigilantism

Vigilante Films Responsible for Trayvon?

By Robin Bates | Published: April 13, 2012

Trayvon Martin’s death has Americans rethinking the vigilante film.

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Rethinking Dirty Harry Vigilantism

By Robin Bates | Published: April 23, 2010

Eastwood in Gran Torino       Film Friday I’m fascinated by how films function as social barometers and am wondering what kinds of films will characterize the Age of Obama.  Maybe Clint Eastwood’s Grand Torino (2008) is some kind of harbinger. (Spoiler alert: I will be revealing the end of the film.) One career trajectory I never [...]

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