Michael Berkowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz
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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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I watched Dinesh D’Souza’s awkward anti-Hillary movie so you don’t have to
August 2, 2016D'Souza selectively culls, bends, and ultimately breaks history in a desperate attempt to show how all evil flows from Democrats.
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“Our Little Sister”: A masterpiece
July 25, 2016"Our Little Sister" is a film of surpassing beauty and sensitivity, a fully realized insight into family that unfolds patiently, with elegance and understanding.
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“Ghostbusters”: 30 years later, can this sequel stand on its own?
July 22, 2016It's not easy making a sequel. Should you stick to the original formula?
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“Marguerite”: Bad singer, great movie
April 12, 2016Marguerite is an exquisite film tribute to the strange, wonderful spirit of would be diva Florence Foster Jenkins.
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“Eye in the Sky”: an eye for an eye
April 5, 2016The contrast between board rooms and slums reminds us that when geopolitica imbalance reaches a certain level, life and death decisions can be made as easily in one venue as another.
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Singing for change: Soundtrack of a movement
March 16, 2016There is a soundtrack to the rising movement for social change.
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