Has Hollywood abandoned the political movie?

Jimmy Stewart in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” … Frank Sinatra in “The Manchurian Candidate” … Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in “All the President’s Men.” Big political movies with big stars have long been part of the Hollywood playbook. Claude Rains and Jimmy Stewart in the 1939 Frank Capra classic, “Mr. Smith Goes to

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The power of politics on screen

The power of politics on screen – CBS News Watch CBS News As Americans have become more polarized, has Hollywood shied away from telling overtly political stories? Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz talks with actor Martin Sheen, who famously played a president on the long-running TV series “The West Wing”; with film professor Annette

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