Culture

“Django”: A world-renowned jazz musician in wartime

January 26, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

This new feature captures a few months in the life of world-famous Belgian-French Gypsy jazz guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt.

Hugh Masekela and the struggle against apartheid in South Africa

January 25, 2018 By Barbara Russum

"My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are." - Hugh Masekela

Netflix’s “Long Shot”: Dodgers baseball, HBO and legal justice

January 23, 2018 By Al Neal

Directed by Jacob LaMendola, this true-crime drama skillfully blends news, courtroom and police footage with interviews of the major players, and a bit of comedy.

Sidney Finkelstein: an appreciation of the great Marxist cultural critic

January 19, 2018 By Daniel Rosenberg

The Marxist cultural critic Sidney Finkelstein lived in a suitcase in my mother’s closet.

Two new films, “Dunkirk” and “The Darkest Hour”: Who won the war?

January 19, 2018 By Michael Berkowitz

In the run up to the Academy Awards, two highly touted, vastly different popular films refocus attention on World War II.