Culture

‘The Unusual Suspects’: Round them up!

September 13, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

Unusual Suspects is also notable for its clear-eyed observations on the class dynamics between servants.

Ain’t no party like a Communist Party: Portugal’s Avante! Festival

September 9, 2021 By Jamal Rich

People packed the Lisbon suburb of Amora this weekend for the 45th Avante! Festival—a cultural, musical, and political extravaganza that is a highlight of summer in Portugal.

Series, series everywhere with no audience spared: What’s new in fall streaming

September 8, 2021 By Dennis Broe

If not the largest, it’s certainly “the most important” television festival in the world.

Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis: A life of music and resistance

September 7, 2021 By Muhammed Shabeer

Theodorakis’s works were censored for his political views and activities. He was jailed, tortured, and forced into exile. He was associated with the Greek left for most of his life and was elected to the Greek...

‘The Big Scary “S” Word’: Documentary film viewers of the world, unite!

September 3, 2021 By Ed Rampell

As its popularity soars, socialism’s secret sauce is explored in this never pedantic, feel-good movie manifesto that will make you want to march out of the theater and own the means of production. The perfect film...