In time for Christmas Day, ‘1917’ is a beautifully shot rationalization of an irrational war

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 26, 2019December 26, 2019 Film, History

Click Here to Read: In time for Christmas Day, ‘1917’ is a beautifully shot rationalization of an irrational war: “1917,” with its immaculately composed carnage, makes war look beautiful and purposeful. World War I was neither of those things By Noah Berlatsky on the NBC Think website on December 25, 2019.

Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life: An Austrian farmer’s lonely defiance of the Nazis

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 25, 2019December 25, 2019 Film

Click Here to Read: Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life: An Austrian farmer’s lonely defiance of the Nazis By Fred Mazelis on the World Socialist Web Site on December 24, 2019.

The death of Anna Karina at 79—the actress featured in Jean-Luc Godard’s films in the 1960s

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Film

Click Here to Read: The death of Anna Karina at 79—the actress featured in Jean-Luc Godard’s films in the 1960s By David Walsh on the World Socialist Web Site on December 17, 2019.
Anna Karina. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Queen & Slim: An African-American couple on the run

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Film

Click Here to Read: Queen & Slim: An African-American couple on the run
By Joanne Laurier on the World Socialist Web Site on December 14, 2019.

Twin Flower, about the refugee crisis, from Italy—and Midnight Family, about poverty and health care, from Mexico

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Film

Click Here to Read: Twin Flower, about the refugee crisis, from Italy—and Midnight Family, about poverty and health care, from Mexico By Joanne Laurier on the World Socialist Web Site on December 12, 2019.

Dark Waters: American capitalism poisons its Population

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 9, 2019December 9, 2019 Film, Politics, Science

Click Here to Read: Dark Waters: American capitalism poisons its Population By Joanne Laurier on the World Socialist Web Site on December 9, 2019.

How Mike Nichols Met Elaine May

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 26, 2019November 26, 2019 Film

Click Here to Read: How Mike Nichols Met Elaine May: In an excerpt from the oral history ‘Life Isn’t Everything,’ the late actor and film director is taken by the only other person on campus who was as hostile as he was by Ash Carter and Sam Kashner on the Tablet Website on November 20, 2019. Mike Nichols and Elaine May. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.