Dennis Broe

Dennis Broe taught at the Sorbonne. His books include: Maverick or How The West Was Lost; Film Noir, American Workers and Postwar Hollywood; and Class Crime, and International Film Noir: Globalizing America’s Dark Art. He is a film and television critic for “Arts Express” on the Pacifica Network in the U.S., for Art District Radio and Television in Paris and for the British websites Culture Matters and Crime Fiction Lover. His latest book is Birth of the Binge: Serial TV and the End of Leisure.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Dennis Broe

Culture

The times they are a-changing: The Venice Biennale and late capitalism
September 11, 2019 By Dennis Broe
May You Live in Interesting Times is the title and organizing principle of this year’s Venice Biennale, the every-other-year festival of contemporary art.
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Culture

Elections, coups and tax evaders: Venice Film Festival wrap-up
September 10, 2019 By Dennis Broe
Outside, police at the Venice Film Festival massed for a climate march that saw demonstrators swarm around the red carpet demanding action on climate devastation globally.
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Culture

The good, the bad and the ugly at Venice Film Festival 2019
September 4, 2019 By Dennis Broe
The film highlights the way the European high-level political and financial institutions are not about promoting but rather about neutralizing any democratic movement from below.
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U.S.

Class and culture, fear and loathing in the City of the Angels
August 29, 2019 By Dennis Broe
Race is the way class is spoken in America, as Cornel West wisely pointed out, and that is especially true in the sprawling multi-cities that comprise Los Angeles.
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