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The right is still obsessed with Henry Wallace for some reason
As the USA ramps up Cold War 2.0 against China, not even Henry Wallace is safe: a post-post-post-revisionist review of "The World That Wasn’t" by CFR…
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Christopher Rhine
From camps to Cannes: When Palestinian politics crash the Croisette
In "No Other Land" and "To a Land Unknown", art and politics collide to reveal global hypocrisy and the continuous fight for Palestinian dignity.
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Christopher Rhine
The shit discourse of Oscar nominations
Oscar nomination snubs don’t exist, critics are abdicating their responsibility, and other shitty discourse methods reducing film to another piece of…
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Christopher Rhine
The climate crisis can't be solved with today's emergency state of capitalism
Can the climate crisis be solved with the neoliberal, globalist status quo? Is it better to grow the international consensus, or national democracies? A…
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Christopher Rhine
A Verdict on Henry Kissinger’s Verdict: The Monster Escapes Again
In remarkable speed, the editors of “Jacobin” released a slim post-death volume on Kissinger’s legacy just in time for the holiday season but fails to…
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Christopher Rhine
One of Us, We Accept You: ‘The Zone of Interest’ (Book & Film)
Martin Amis and Jonathan Glazer find news ways of depicting the undepictable, conjuring the incorrigible, and make us confront the horrors of being on…
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Christopher Rhine
State of the Film Union 2024
Strikes and Politics and Streaming took over the film landscape last year, where solidarity came and went and Netflix was the big winner.
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Christopher Rhine
Wilde Times
Oscar: A Life worth remembering and body of work worth reading; from Socialism to Sodomy Laws and everything in between.
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Christopher Rhine
The Medium Killed the Message
David Thomson's new book about War on Film takes us on an ill-contextualized journey through the good, the bad, and the ugly takes on war films.
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Christopher Rhine
Barbenheimer Review
The most anticipated cinematic weekend of our generation leads to a record-breaking box office that will hopefully inspire more originals and less…
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Christopher Rhine
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State of the Film Union 2023
Every year, as usual, is an important year for film. The stakes were raised more recently because of #metoo, streaming services, and pandemic…
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Christopher Rhine
"Athena" and "Blonde," Netflix Releases Under Siege
Critics responded lukewarm to hostile for these two recently released films. Are they correct in roasting the streaming giant are just continuing their…
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Christopher Rhine
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