Analysis
Progressive cinema clips: Cinetopia, Robeson film, “Chiraq”
June 4, 2015Detroit area film lovers are being treated to a new version of the Cinetopia Film Festival, now in its fourth year and growing rapidly.
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Today in history: Good sex with Dr. Ruth
June 4, 2015Today is the birthday of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, born (as Karola Ruth Siegel) in 1928 in Wiesenfeld, Germany.
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Drawing a line in the sand on TPP is a mistake
June 3, 2015I am opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, as well as the enabling legislation being debated in Congress.
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The cost of fame: “The Cult of JT Leroy”
June 3, 2015The film shows how nonfiction becomes novelized, with dramatization and confabulation fobbed off as "news" and "truth."
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The fetishism of commodities: “Mad Men,” capitalism, and its discontents
June 1, 2015What made "Mad Men" arguably the greatest dramatic series in American TV history is that there was a method to its madness.
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