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January 2024

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“All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt”: A Masterpiece of American Southern Filmmaking

Kelli Weston Raven Jackson’s remarkable debut is a poetic look into Black family life in the South. The post “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt”: A Masterpiece of American Southern Filmmaking…
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2024-01-02 11:00
December 2023

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Christina Sharpe and the Art of Everyday Black Life

Omari Weekes In Ordinary Notes, Sharpe considers Black culture “in all of its shade and depth and glow.” The post Christina Sharpe and the Art of Everyday Black Life appeared first on…
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2023-12-13 11:00

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How 2 Companies Came to Dominate the Media Business

Thomas Schatz Once upon a time, six companies controlled the media in this country. That, it turns out, was the good old days… The post How 2 Companies Came to Dominate the…
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2023-12-13 11:00

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Bayard Rustin Was No Hollywood Figurehead

Adolph Reed Jr. The new biopic about the socialist organizer stops at the March on Washington. What is it leaving out? The post Bayard Rustin Was No Hollywood Figurehead appeared first on…
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2023-12-12 11:00
November 2023

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Revolution? Hell Yes!  Remembering Amber Hollibaugh

JoAnn Wypijewski The writer, who died last month, spent a lifetime breaking silences around sex. The post Revolution? Hell Yes!  Remembering Amber Hollibaugh appeared first on The Nation.…
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2023-11-28 11:30

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The Ghosts of the Worldwide Surveillance Apparatus Show Their Hand

Natasha Hakimi Zapata Phantom Parrot, a British documentary now screening in the US, sheds light on the Orwellian technologies being used across borders to repress activists, journalists, and others. The post The…
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2023-11-27 17:00

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Influence and the Rise of Digital Celebrity

Tarpley Hitt A history of social media from the perspective of the poster, Taylor Lorenz’s Extremely Online examines the roots and rise of our sponsorship-saturated ecosystem. The post Influence and the Rise…
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2023-11-11 11:00

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Wang Bing, the World’s Hardest-Working Director

J. Hoberman In his new film, Youth (Spring), the prolific director examines how the People’s Republic became the workshop for much of the world. The post Wang Bing, the World’s Hardest-Working Director…
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2023-11-09 11:00

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The Long, Wild, Bloody History of the Hollywood Strike

Chris Randle Today’s strikes are part of a nearly century-long tradition within the entertainment industry. The post The Long, Wild, Bloody History of the Hollywood Strike appeared first on The Nation.…
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2023-11-08 15:49
October 2023

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Letters From the November 13/20, 2023, Issue

Our Readers The economics of freedom… Oppenheimer: red or pink?… The post Letters From the November 13/20, 2023, Issue appeared first on The Nation.…
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2023-10-31 10:00

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The Dark Message of “Killers of the Flower Moon”

Jorge Cotte Unlike the visions of unbounded freedom found in traditional westerns, Martin Scorsese’s new film is a study of a West bounded by the vertical geometry of oil rigs and…
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2023-10-25 11:00

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How Osage Nation Members Struck Back at Decades of Indigenous Misrepresentation in the Media

Katrina vanden Heuvel Killers of the Flower Moon Embeds Members on Both Sides of the Camera The post How Osage Nation Members Struck Back at Decades of Indigenous Misrepresentation in the Media appeared…
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2023-10-24 11:30
September 2023

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Rupert Murdoch’s Final Con Game

Jeet Heer Announcing his exit, the right-wing baron mixes public populism and private elitism. The post Rupert Murdoch’s Final Con Game appeared first on The Nation.…
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2023-09-25 16:28
August 2023

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Why Did Tom Hanks Write a Novel?

Adam Nayman And can we understand his vision of Hollywood from this strange artifact? The post Why Did Tom Hanks Write a Novel? appeared first on The Nation.…
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2023-08-10 11:00
July 2023

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The Psychic Theater of Boots Riley

Jorge Cotte Absurdist, darkly funny, I’m a Virgo tells a story of first love, capitalism’s surreal excesses, the contradictions of Black life, and how much politics a work of art can…
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2023-07-25 11:00

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The Many Enigmas of Oppenheimer

Jorge Cotte In Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan neither indicts nor vindicates the physicist. Instead, he offers a study of a man full of contradictions. The post The Many Enigmas of Oppenheimer appeared first…
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2023-07-22 01:00

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Even as the Oppenheimer Film Rights a Historic Wrong, the Memo That Smeared Him Remains Redacted

Peter Shinkle The physicist was punished for opposing development of the hydrogen bomb, and for warning about the dangers of nuclear proliferation. The post Even as the Oppenheimer Film Rights a Historic…
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2023-07-21 11:30

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Hollywood’s Robot Overlords

Sasha Abramsky The tech-driven takeover of the film industry aims at squeezing maximum profit out of art, draining it of all its humanity in the process. The post Hollywood’s Robot Overlords appeared…
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2023-07-21 11:00

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Barbie Is on the Picket Line

John Nichols Don’t be surprised that Margot Robbie backs the SAG-AFTRA strike—she has deep roots in Australia’s labor movement. The post Barbie Is on the Picket Line appeared first on The Nation.…
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2023-07-18 14:00

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Hollywood Bosses Are Trying to Scare Striking Workers Into Folding. They Won’t Win.

Josh Gondelman The studios are ramping up a campaign of fear in an effort to spook writers like me into taking a bad deal. But we’re not going to fall for…
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2023-07-18 11:00

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Is “Asteroid City” Wes Anderson’s Greatest Film?

Jorge Cotte In his latest film, Anderson asks us how art and storytelling give our lives meaning. The post Is “Asteroid City” Wes Anderson’s Greatest Film? appeared first on The Nation.…
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2023-07-05 11:00

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Our Supreme Court Reactionaries Still Fear the French Revolution

Jeet Heer In John Roberts’s America, it’s good to be the king. The post Our Supreme Court Reactionaries Still Fear the French Revolution appeared first on The Nation.…
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2023-07-03 16:12
June 2023

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The Great Collapsing Culture Bubble

Ben Schwartz From classic movies to documentaries, the foundations of film culture are under siege from cost-cutting executives The post The Great Collapsing Culture Bubble appeared first on The Nation.…
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2023-06-29 16:42

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Julian Assange and Arnon Milchan: The Lopsided Scales of American Justice

James Bamford One has boasted of espionage. The other revealed massive government wrongdoing. So why is the whistleblower in jail? The post Julian Assange and Arnon Milchan: The Lopsided Scales of American…
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2023-06-27 11:30

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Raging Bullshit: Credits and the Hollywood Economy

Ben Schwartz The Max streaming platform debuted a credit system that obscures the actual work done by film writers and other creative workers.  The post Raging Bullshit: Credits and the Hollywood Economy…
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2023-06-08 11:30
May 2023

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Kelly Reichardt’s Cinema of Class Conflict

Alex Kong In her latest film, Showing Up, she continues a career-long project of examining the bitter resentments produced by inequality.  The post Kelly Reichardt’s Cinema of Class Conflict appeared first on…
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2023-05-31 11:00
April 2023

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Donald Trump Sinks to a New Low by Dog-Whistling an Old Racist Tune

David Margolick Insinuating that special prosecutor Jack Smith changed his name might seem like an odd tactic for someone whose family name was Drumpf—unless you know the history. The post Donald Trump…
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2023-04-14 17:54

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St. Clair Bourne’s Cinema of Solidarity

Yasmina Price The Black and the Green, which follows Black American activists who travel to Northern Ireland to learn from Irish allies, documents the necessary messiness of political organizing The post St.…
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2023-04-06 11:00

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