Michael Berkowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz
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‘Triangle of Sadness’ review: Marx for Beginners!
January 26, 2023Triangle of Sadness is a hyperbolic and unyieldingly fierce look at capitalism and class.
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‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’: Thoroughly modern Matilda
January 9, 2023You simply cannot escape the zeitgeist of Matilda. Against all odds, Matilda Wormwood in the new Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical is an unqualified triumph.
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‘Three Pines’: A long shadow
January 3, 2023Amazon Prime’s Three Pines mini-series is framed by and rooted in the long shadow of the horrific atrocities committed on the Indigenous population of the Sûreté du Québec.
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‘Bad Sisters’ is very good!
December 2, 2022After Thanksgiving—it’s the perfect time to reconsider what should be done about the painfully obnoxious right-wing relative who casts a pall over family festivities!
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Massacre at Tantura: The lies upon which the State of Israel was founded
November 22, 2022Israelis called it a 'war of independence.' Arabs experienced it as Al Nakba - The Catastrophe.
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Korean series ‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’ challenges assumptions about autism and ability
September 8, 2022Woo is extraordinary as she is not only the brightest star in her graduating class from Seoul National University, but she is also a high functioning autistic.
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‘Stateless’: Stranger in a strange land
September 7, 2022The series was inspired by the story of Cornelia Rau who was mistakenly and unlawfully detained.
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‘The Janes’: Courage and creativity on the abortion front
July 13, 2022In a time when once again women’s control over their own bodies has been rolled back, The Janes offers a primer for creative resistance.
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