Michael Berkowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz
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Culture
Women of the future: ‘Sunny’ and ‘Molli and Max’ on screens big and small
August 20, 2024Two new science fiction works, one for the small screen and one for the large, provide new views of women.
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‘The Old Oak’: Another masterwork from Ken Loach
July 9, 2024Ken Loach’s current film The Old Oak is yet another timeless masterwork from one of cinema’s greatest directors.
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‘De aquí/de allá’: el extraordinario viaje de Luis Cortés Romero
June 18, 2024
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‘From Here/From There’ (De Aqui/de Alla): The Extraordinary Journey of Luis Cortes Romero
June 17, 2024PBS tells the story of the first undocumented attorney to argue a case before the Supreme Court.
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‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’: Fast, furious, and feminist!
May 31, 2024The self-declared feminist director’s new movie Furiosa, the latest installment of his Mad Max saga, is clearly women-driven.
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‘Fallout’: Who wasted the Wasteland?
May 2, 2024Unlike other disaster-based games that have fallen by the wayside, this show makes real the pernicious threat of late capitalism.
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‘Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal’
March 25, 2024There is much to be learned from the most calamitous environmental disaster in American History—so far.
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‘Perfect Days’: Cleaning the toilets of Tokyo
March 15, 2024What is life for? How do you spend the brief time that we have on earth? What makes you happy? Will your work make you free?
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