Michael Berkowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz
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Culture
‘Conclave’ and ‘Heretic’: Saints and sinners
November 15, 2024The two films do not hesitate to paint starkly dramatic views illustrating how original moralism has lost its moorings.
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Culture
‘The Apprentice’ showcases anti-communist Roy Cohn’s shaping of Trump
October 21, 2024The new Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice is a tortured, yet must-see movie for anyone even remotely concerned about American politics.
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Culture
‘The Paper Bag Plan’: Working class hero!
October 16, 2024Oscar Martin is a single parent raising a wheelchair-bound paraplegic son Billy. He is the driving force of Anthony Lucero’s moving new film The Paper Bag Plan.
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Culture
‘American Coup: Wilmington 1898’ – The racist takeover of a North Carolina town
October 15, 2024A new PBS documentary rescues a story from history and provides a warning for today.
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Culture
‘Israel’s Reel Extremism’: Lessons unlearned
September 5, 2024Films like Israel’s Reel Extremism need to find as broad an audience as possible in order to stop the contagion of this war from further contaminating the American political fabric, as well as protect life in...
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Culture
Women of the future: ‘Sunny’ and ‘Molli and Max’ on screens big and small
August 20, 2024Two new science fiction works, one for the small screen and one for the large, provide new views of women.
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Culture
‘The Old Oak’: Another masterwork from Ken Loach
July 9, 2024Ken Loach’s current film The Old Oak is yet another timeless masterwork from one of cinema’s greatest directors.
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En español
‘De aquí/de allá’: el extraordinario viaje de Luis Cortés Romero
June 18, 2024
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