Michael Berkowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz
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From Navy Seal commando to fair minded film director
March 24, 2017“My interest is always with the side that initiates. The story lies with those who do, more than with the victims.”
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“Hell or High Water”: Who’s robbing whom?
February 9, 2017Tanner Howard is fresh out of prison. His brother Toby is fresh out of money.
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“Maya Angelou – And Still I Rise”: The caged bird sings!
January 20, 2017Directors Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack have given us a captivating documentary about the extraordinary writer, actress, singer, poet and activist Maya Angelou.
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La La Land: Artistic success
January 3, 2017This is a very American film in that most American medium, the musical.
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“Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”: Militarism inconclusively critiqued
December 9, 2016Ang Lee is a great director, but his latest offering gives us a pyrrhic victory; a worthy build-up followed by a perfunctory conclusion.
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“Loving”: The love that breaks the chains
December 7, 2016The film is the story of the successful challenge to racist laws, a story of courage and deep feelings well told.
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“Snowden”: Love, life and privacy in the time of surveillance
September 26, 2016Oliver Stone's excellent new film "Snowden" is a primer on life in the digital age - the perils to privacy, professionalism and the personal.
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“Indignation”: A snapshot of 1950s social contradictions
August 16, 2016Dressed up as a coming of age love story, film is a tale individuals pushing up against the social, economic, and cultural limits of their time.
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