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‘American Primeval’: The prophets and the profits
February 24, 2025‘American Primeval’ is a serious, sophisticated, multi-layered look at the forces that developed the West.
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Churchill at War: Not my anti-fascist hero!
December 13, 2024I’ll stick with my own anti-fascist heroes, starting with the veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
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‘El Conde’: Count Pinochet the Vampire!
September 28, 2023Academy Award-nominated Chilean director Pablo Larraín (Neruda, Jackie, No, Spencer) and his longtime collaborator writer Guillermo Calderón have just released their new film El Conde (The Count). It’s a robust, bawdy, very funny, slightly over-the-top reimagining...
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‘6ixtynin9’: Sex, drugs and rock and roll!
September 21, 2023Ratanaruang has taken his surprise hit film of 1999 and deftly cut and stitched it into an eight-episode reprise of the eponymously named film.
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‘Pamela: A Love Story’ tackles media sexism and questions of agency, consent
April 27, 2023Often, when people think of Pamela Anderson, they only envision a busty Baywatch blonde. A new Netflix documentary shows there’s much more to the actress.
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