Culture
‘Sirāt’ review: Philosophical film not for the faint of heart
February 3, 2026A shocking film with the brooding, forbidding, stark North African landscape as a dramatis personae.
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‘Melania’: The Movie. The Bribe. The Shame.
February 2, 2026It's not just about a bad movie but how Jeff Bezos, and other American business leaders, are allowed to give huge bribes to the president of the United States.
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Folk singer Jesse Welles has the heart of protesters
February 2, 2026Every revolution needs a soundtrack, and this artist is singing ours.
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Radical legacy: Revisiting Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ on 175th anniversary of her death
January 30, 2026The Netflix adaptation doesn’t do justice to the novel’s critique of illegitimate power and debates about tyranny, equality, and revolutionary reform.
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How Edward Bellamy’s ‘Looking Backward’ is looking ahead
January 26, 2026Revisiting Bellamy’s book, published in 1888, where capitalism has withered away
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