Culture

“Bright”: New Netflix film has standard neoliberal politics

January 9, 2018 By Michelle Zacarias

"Bright" perpetuates the dangerous notions of pro-cop propaganda, and enables false stereotypes of marginalized communities.

“The Shape of Water”: Shapes of things to come

January 8, 2018 By Michael Berkowitz

Guillermo del Toro’s beautifully crafted new film is a smart, funny, passionate sendup of Cold War hysteria and current right-wing white supremacy.

Finding Middle East humanity in films about terror, war, and fundamentalism

January 5, 2018 By Bill Meyer

In each film, the story was often set amidst scenes of chaos, devastation and brutal oppression.

“In the Fade”: Lone wolf antifa in new anti-neo-Nazi German film

January 4, 2018 By Ed Rampell

The thought-provoking, gripping "In the Fade" will have moviegoers sitting on the edge of their seats

“The Last Jedi”: What we missed while worrying about white male feelings (again)

January 3, 2018 By Michelle Kern

In 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.