Culture

Mark Twain (1835-1910), anti-imperialist thinker for all time

January 8, 2025 By Urariano Mota

There’s still a goldmine of bounty left in Mark Twain’s collective work to educate, entertain, and embolden readers for untold centuries to come.

‘Nosferatu’ 2024 review: A dark film interwoven with tragic female suppression

January 7, 2025 By Chauncey K. Robinson

An immersive beautifully gothic cinematic journey with themes similar to the 1922 original.

Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’: Euthanasia takes a holiday

January 6, 2025 By Ed Rampell

This is an excellently acted drama about a very serious subject—death, and how we face it.

‘A Complete Unknown’: It ain’t me, babe!

January 3, 2025 By Michael Berkowitz

Perhaps we ask too much from our heroes.

‘Soundtrack to a Coup D’État’ recounts the assassination of Patrice Lumumba

December 20, 2024 By Bill Meyer

Many progressives consider the assassination of the first Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba as among the earliest and certainly best known of the many regime change operations carried out by the U.S. empire.