Michael Berkowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz
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Culture
‘The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane’ and ‘I Hate the Capitalist System’
September 25, 2023The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane is not just the story of a life well lived. It is the chronicle of one woman’s answer.
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Culture
‘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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Culture
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’: Not a bomb!
August 30, 2023Daniel Goldhaber’s How to Blow Up a Pipeline, based on the controversial book by Andreas Malm, is an excellent film, a suspenseful thriller raising important issues.
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Culture
‘The Busing Battleground’ and ‘The Harvest’: An education in Black and white
August 15, 2023The Harvest and The Busing Battleground are not just historical artifacts. They are as much a primer as a requiem. Certainly they convey lessons in problematic experiments.
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Culture
‘Past Lives’: Well-lived
July 6, 2023Through simple, direct narrative, writer/director Celine Song has deftly sketched a shaded palette of relationships.
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Culture
‘Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland’: Troubling!
May 24, 2023On May 22, Public Broadcasting Service started streaming its new 5-part series Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland.
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Books
‘Audubon’s Rifle’: Predatory
May 4, 2023He’s known for painting birds, but he also cruelly killed them.
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Culture
Children on screen: Four dramatic new films
April 19, 2023As much as they represent important social themes and are entertaining as well, these films may actually signal a turn in dealing with issues of childhood.
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