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‘Captain America: Brave New World’ review: Anti-fascist superhero makes thrilling cinematic debut
February 13, 2025It is fitting, for a variety of reasons, in these current political times that we have a new film installment of a superhero with a long history of fighting against fascism and Nazis.
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‘Bacon’ stageplay explores sexuality, toxic masculinity, and class politics
February 11, 2025The play explores the fraught relationship between two troubled young men as they come to grips with their sexuality and trauma.
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‘Call Me Dancer’ film review: A passionate study of the arts under capitalism
February 6, 2025Call Me Dancer is the story of mentorship, passing down tradition and technique.
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‘Banzeiro Òkòtó: The Amazon as the Center of the World’: A review essay
February 5, 2025It took me more than a month to get through this book. I sometimes felt I was picking my way through a mosquito- and snake-infested forest guided by an impetuous Amazon warrior who opened her breast...
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‘I’m Still Here’: A cautionary tale
February 3, 2025This film’s lessons cannot be underestimated at a time when our own country is facing similar threats of authoritarian rule.
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