Michael Berkowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz
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‘Nomadland’: Moving on with America’s homeless van dwellers
March 1, 2021In Nomadland, Frances McDormand, the pre-eminent actor of our generation, has sketched a complex, but all too familiar character at the edge of society.
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‘Faith in the Masses’: Communist Party history gives something to believe in
February 17, 2021This book of essays celebrating the CPUSA's 100 years is heartfelt, reverent at times, hyper-romantic at others, and decidedly not uncritical.
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‘Goin’ Back to T- Town’: Lessons from the Tulsa Race Massacre
January 22, 2021Goin’ Back to T-Town tells this story through archival recordings of survivors.
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‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ and ‘Ham on Rye’: Odds and ends
January 15, 2021Both Ham on Rye and I’m Thinking of Ending Things deal with the tensions of young America’s uncertain future.
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‘American Utopia’: Still making sense
January 4, 2021Byrne and director Spike Lee have combined to reexamine themes they both have explored individually over the years.
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Two Women: ‘The Assistant’ and ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’
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Frederick Wiseman’s ‘City Hall’: Let us now praise democracy
December 15, 2020Director Frederick Wiseman has gifted us with a movie for our times. City Hall is all about democracy—how it works, who does it, and why it is so vital.
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How capitalism underdeveloped Appalachia: The economic truth ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ ignores
December 1, 2020It’s a tough trip for J.D. Vance and the viewer, but as the ride bumps along, it stays safely above the larger issues that actually shape the afflictions of Appalachia.
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