Michael Berkowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz
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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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‘American Utopia’: Still making sense
January 4, 2021Byrne and director Spike Lee have combined to reexamine themes they both have explored individually over the years.
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Two Women: ‘The Assistant’ and ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’
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Frederick Wiseman’s ‘City Hall’: Let us now praise democracy
December 15, 2020Director Frederick Wiseman has gifted us with a movie for our times. City Hall is all about democracy—how it works, who does it, and why it is so vital.
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How capitalism underdeveloped Appalachia: The economic truth ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ ignores
December 1, 2020It’s a tough trip for J.D. Vance and the viewer, but as the ride bumps along, it stays safely above the larger issues that actually shape the afflictions of Appalachia.
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PBS ‘Latinos Are Essential’: Who does the work and who pays
November 24, 2020The mainly young filmmakers and their mainly young subjects have gone beyond the confusion and drama of crisis. They do what so few films do: They capture portraits of working-class people at their jobs and illuminate...
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