Michael Berkowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz
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Culture
‘Nazi Town, USA’: Not far from here
January 4, 2024Peter Yost’s film reminds us about the motives and consequences of those who proclaim they want to Make America Great Again.
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‘A Murder at the End of the World’: The big chill
January 3, 2024A clear-eyed look at how the structure of modern wealth and corporate power contributes to annihilation, rather than solving the bleakest of futures.
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‘Rye Lane’: A rom com with aplomb!
December 11, 2023The film’s multicultural and working-class characters are smart, self-aware to a fault, but subject to the same emotional relationship turbulence as Caucasian and middle-class couples.
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‘The Morning Show’ and ‘Lessons in Chemistry’: Women at Work
November 21, 2023The Morning Show and Lessons in Chemistry are a step in the right direction of highlighting women in the workforce.
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‘The War on Disco’: Winners and losers in 1970s American culture
October 16, 2023As long as there has been culture, there have been cultural wars. Whenever there have been differences between individuals or groups within society, there has been a battle of ideas, styles, language, narrative, dress, and entertainment.
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‘El Conde’: Count Pinochet the Vampire!
September 28, 2023
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‘The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane’ and ‘I Hate the Capitalist System’
September 25, 2023The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane is not just the story of a life well lived. It is the chronicle of one woman’s answer.
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‘6ixtynin9’: Sex, drugs and rock and roll!
September 21, 2023Ratanaruang has taken his surprise hit film of 1999 and deftly cut and stitched it into an eight-episode reprise of the eponymously named film.
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