Michael Berkowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz
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‘Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland’: Troubling!
May 24, 2023On May 22, Public Broadcasting Service started streaming its new 5-part series Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland.
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‘Audubon’s Rifle’: Predatory
May 4, 2023He’s known for painting birds, but he also cruelly killed them.
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Children on screen: Four dramatic new films
April 19, 2023As much as they represent important social themes and are entertaining as well, these films may actually signal a turn in dealing with issues of childhood.
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Nixon’s secret plan for ending the Vietnam War? Nuclear annihilation of Vietnam
March 24, 2023A review of PBS’ new film The Movement and the Madman.
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New film dramatization ‘Argentina, 1985’: Finding justice?
February 14, 2023A chilling dramatization of the trial of the military leaders who took control of Argentina between 1977 and 1983.
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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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