Culture
ZeroZeroZero and the global drug trade; #BlackAF and Black affluence
May 7, 2020ZeroZeroZero, a Sky, Canal+ and Amazon series based on the Roberto (Gomorrah) Saviano book, has two things on its mind.
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‘George W. Bush’: Stunning documentary on worst American president (until now)
May 5, 2020Barak Goodman and Jamila Ephron’s new PBS documentary George W. Bush is an excellent treatment of 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush.
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‘Working Man’ film an important contribution toward understanding today’s American proletariat
May 4, 2020In the course of touring the film festival circuit in advance of its theatrical release, Working Man garnered a number of awards.
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‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’: Film popularizes Thomas Piketty’s work
April 30, 2020The latest May Day movie release...playing at a sofa near you.
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European classical music in the U.S. and its foreign policy impact
April 30, 2020Scholar Jonathan Rosenberg simply cannot escape the tight fetters he's placed on his own work, and his innate, naïve confidence in American superiority and exceptionalism.
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