Culture
‘The Twilight Zone’: ‘The Wunderkind’ takes aim at politics and Donald Trump
April 30, 2019“Society is a fragile ecosystem. Razzle and dazzle people with the right lies, and eventually they’ll go blind to the madness right in front of their faces."
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Communists and the unemployed—The story of the moldy Thuringer
April 26, 2019In the Depression of the ’30s, the Unemployed Councils, organized by Communists, fought to get people the things they needed.
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‘Red Joan’: The British Rosenbergs?
April 26, 2019Nunn’s stodgy Red Joan rarely rises above the form of filmed theatre and never becomes, alas, a truly realized feature film in its own write/right.
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The 10th TCM Classic Film Festival, Part 2: More critical commentary
April 25, 2019Leave it to TCM to unearth this lost gem of the Hollywood Blacklist few were familiar with. Who knew? But now, thanks to TCM, we do.
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‘Diana of Dobson’s’: A 1908 British romantic comedy defies oppressive women’s roles
April 24, 2019Perhaps it’s a fairy tale, a kind of reverse Cinderella, but any way you look at it, it’s a brilliant snapshot of class and gender relations in the Edwardian era.
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