Black Bag: Not Much to See Here
Black Bag is being hailed by critics as highly sophisticated cinematic fare — rather than an unambitious rush job by a talented director eager to move on to his next, similarly unsatisfying project.
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“The Electorate Is Already on Board with Socialism”
We spoke with Paige Kreisman, who’s running as the first-ever trans candidate for the Oregon state legislature. She’s a military veteran and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. Her message: “We need to engage in the politics that matter to working-class people.”
It Came From Canada!
David Cronenberg’s first three films track the progress of epidemics “from the perspective of the disease.” What they reveal is a North American society already on the brink of disaster.
A Taste of The President’s Cake
The new film The President’s Cake is both entertaining and compelling, but only if you know little about Iraq.
An Immigration Bill That Puts Immigrant Workers Last
Shinzō Abe is pushing to open up Japan's restrictive immigration system. But his reforms would serve the interests of business, not immigrant workers.
An Appreciation of Maggie Smith
Beloved actor Maggie Smith died yesterday at 89. To understand her brilliance, look no further than her complex performance in the 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Don’t Blame the Babies
“Don’t start a family — it’s bad for the planet.” The latest bad take on climate change forgets one little thing: whether or not you have a kid, the fossil fuel industry will still be there.
Fair Play Blames “Male Fragility” for High Finance’s Evils
The new corporate thriller Fair Play depicts an intra-office relationship gone sour — but asks audiences to relate to the relationship struggles of the 0.1%.
Losing the Battle and the War
Compromising on abortion rights has the potential to undermine the entire left project.
Bling-Bling TV
As standards of living fall at the bottom and rise at the top, the only thing to do is watch TV about the trivial problems of the phenomenally rich.
Is It Just Us, or Is Girl-Boss Feminism Waning?
“Lean In” feminism doesn’t seem to have the purchase it did a few years ago. Maybe that’s because it is so obviously irrelevant to the lives of the vast majority of women, who need a union and decent pay, not a female boss.
Burying the Lie of the “Alt-Left”
It's time to stop pretending that the same people fighting white supremacists are somehow exactly like them.
Never Forget: Andrew Cuomo Once Started a Sham Feminist Party
Before disgraced New York governor Andrew Cuomo was outed as a sexist boss, he was an innovator in the faux feminist space, having a fake political party — the Women’s Equality Party — for the sole purpose of destroying his political enemies.
Sidney Poitier Was a Giant of the Screen
Sidney Poitier was more than an icon for his civil rights activism and for “paving the way” for black actors to follow. He was a master of his craft, and one of the greatest performers of all time.
The Union Option
Collective action is the best avenue to fight sexual harassers like Harvey Weinstein.
New York’s Winter Rent Strike Inspired Generations
On this day in 1907, 10,000 New York families led by socialist teenager Pauline Newman — the “East Side Joan of Arc” — began a historic rent strike.
New York City, Stop Hassling the Poor and Make Transit Free
New York mayor Eric Adams and the city’s transit authorities have launched a zealous crackdown on “farebeating.” It’s exactly the wrong policy for a time of towering inequality and climate transition. Public transit should be free to all.
A Chance to Exorcise Mexico’s Dirty-War Ghosts
Fifty years ago, police and military forces massacred hundreds of students in Mexico City, sparking a brutal dirty war in Mexico for which no one was ever brought to justice. Andrés Manuel López Obrador could change this.
Poor Things Is a Sharp Satire About the Tyranny of Property
The film adaptation of Poor Things darkly and effectively satirizes the depredations of capitalism and its abuses of technology in Victorian England. But like its source material, its critiques have universal relevance.
A Rough Night at the Opera
John Adams and Peter Sellars’s Girls of the Golden West is bland, poorly staged liberalism.