Michael Berkowitz

LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz

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  ‘The Present’: The future is the gift

  March 31, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

  “The Present” is a thin slice of life, one day with the Palestinian Yusef (Saleh Bakri) as he attempts to buy an anniversary gift for his wife Noor (Mariam Basha).

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  ‘Rocks’: Just enough for the city

  March 22, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

  Into the filmic world of interchangeable, comic book super-powered protagonists, Director Sarah Gavron has released “Rocks."

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  Amy Poehler’s new film ‘Moxie’: Growing up female in 2020

  March 12, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz
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  ‘Blinding of Isaac Woodard’: 1946 racist police violence case gets fresh attention

  March 10, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

  PBS program spotlights long-lost case of racist police violence.

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  ‘Nomadland’: Moving on with America’s homeless van dwellers

  March 1, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

  In Nomadland, Frances McDormand, the pre-eminent actor of our generation, has sketched a complex, but all too familiar character at the edge of society.

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  ‘Faith in the Masses’: Communist Party history gives something to believe in

  February 17, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

  This book of essays celebrating the CPUSA's 100 years is heartfelt, reverent at times, hyper-romantic at others, and decidedly not uncritical.

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  ‘Goin’ Back to T- Town’: Lessons from the Tulsa Race Massacre

  January 22, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

  Goin’ Back to T-Town tells this story through archival recordings of survivors.

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  ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ and ‘Ham on Rye’: Odds and ends

  January 15, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

  Both Ham on Rye and I’m Thinking of Ending Things deal with the tensions of young America’s uncertain future.

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