Michael Berkowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz
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‘The Present’: The future is the gift
March 31, 2021“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, 2021Into 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
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‘Blinding of Isaac Woodard’: 1946 racist police violence case gets fresh attention
March 10, 2021PBS program spotlights long-lost case of racist police violence.
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‘Nomadland’: Moving on with America’s homeless van dwellers
March 1, 2021In 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, 2021This 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, 2021Goin’ 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, 2021Both Ham on Rye and I’m Thinking of Ending Things deal with the tensions of young America’s uncertain future.
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