Politics
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Film From the Other Side of the Wall
A critic searches for political meaning in a post-Trump Mexico. “So, you have a new president. Aren’t you excited?” A newspaperman from Mexico City ribbed…
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Harry Potter and the Path to Activism
Or… Fantastic Analogies and How To Parse Them.Dumbledore’s Army by Viria13In light of the recent catastrophe that has befallen the United States of America, wherein a fraudulent,…
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Trumpy Boy
What Tommy Boy can teach us about the Trump fever dream. A bumbling, blond, buffalo son of an industrialist is on a picaresque quest to resurrect…
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Going to the Movies Post Election
Box office is up, but are people buying the right tickets? This weekend’s top movies at the box office included a story of a woman who…
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Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Arrival’ and the Importance of Communication
When aliens arrive, we often learn the most about ourselves.
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Alexander Payne’s ‘Election’ is as Comic as it is Tragic
Welcome to The Essentials, a series of articles originally published in 2016 that dared to try and create a list of essential movies for film…
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Not This Week, Arrival
When life gives you humanist science-fiction and all you want is down-and-dirty horror. I’ve never been a big fan of overtly mixing film criticism and…
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Hug It Out: A Supercut Worth Embracing
You know you need one today, so get in here. Of all humankind’s interpersonal gestures – handshakes, high fives, head nods, eye contact, even sex –…
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TrumpLand Versus Hillary’s America
Hillary’s America vs. Michael Moore In TrumpLand Differentiating Political Discourse from Propaganda During the 2016 election cycle, American voters have access to more information than…