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Should Warner Bros. Discovery sell to Paramount Skydance?
Backed by Larry Ellison’s billions, Paramount Skydance aims to absorb WBD’s debt-ridden empire and build a stronger rival to Netflix, Disney+, and…
Sep 14
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Christopher Rhine
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…
Feb 11
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Christopher Rhine
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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.
Feb 5
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Christopher Rhine
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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…
Feb 1
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Christopher Rhine
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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…
Jan 27
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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…
Apr 4, 2024
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Christopher Rhine
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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…
Mar 14, 2024
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Christopher Rhine
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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.
Mar 8, 2024
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Christopher Rhine
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Wilde Times
Oscar: A Life worth remembering and body of work worth reading; from Socialism to Sodomy Laws and everything in between.
Dec 5, 2023
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Christopher Rhine
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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.
Nov 28, 2023
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Christopher Rhine
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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…
Jul 25, 2023
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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…
Feb 26, 2023
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Christopher Rhine
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