Culture
Finding Middle East humanity in films about terror, war, and fundamentalism
January 5, 2018In each film, the story was often set amidst scenes of chaos, devastation and brutal oppression.
Read more“In the Fade”: Lone wolf antifa in new anti-neo-Nazi German film
January 4, 2018The thought-provoking, gripping "In the Fade" will have moviegoers sitting on the edge of their seats
Read more“The Last Jedi”: What we missed while worrying about white male feelings (again)
January 3, 2018In the media rush to make sure the outraged feelings of white men were given full airing, all of the great takes I thought we were going to get hardly materialized.
Read moreFetishism the true subject of “All the Money in the World”
January 3, 2018The story of the commodification of everything is very contemporary.
Read more“The Rape of Recy Taylor” recalls horrific 1944 Alabama crime
December 29, 2017The brutalization of Recy Taylor was an accepted criminal act by white men in the South against Black women, and they had no fears of reprisal.
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