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The Way: confused resistance rather than class consciousness, in a muddled mix of genres

1 March 2024 / 378

Dennis Broe reviews The Way. Above image: Owen brandishing King Arthur’s sword – Mandalorian much? “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore,” about-to-be-fired news... Continue reading

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TV, internet and other media

Can’t Get You Out of My Head: An elite gaze on populism and revolution

23 February 2024 / 308

There are always calls from the right to defund the British Broadcasting Company but they are now being joined by calls from the left as well, as... Continue reading

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Films

“When I make a movie, all I think about is the profit”: Alec Baldwin’s Magic Bullet

31 January 2024 / 370

Dennis Broe explains how profit-making has cut corners in movie-making, especially since the pandemic. Image above: Grizzled outlaw Alec Baldwin One of the more hilarious moments of the... Continue reading

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Cultural Commentary

Vienna: city of contrasts and contradictions

26 January 2024 / 835

Dennis Broe gives us a brief tour of Vienna: its history, museums and galleries. Above image: the restored Wien Museum, site of a city grappling with its... Continue reading

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Mr. Bates Goes to London: The Post Office scandal and the series that exposed it

11 January 2024 / 357

A simple four-part television series, Mr. Bates vs The Post Office, has prompted the head of that agency to give back her title as a CBE (Commander... Continue reading

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One more just war or just one more war? The New York Times and all the military propaganda that’s fit to print.

26 December 2023 / 346

The so-called ‘Biden Neocons’ are part of the Uniparty of Democrats and Republicans who have minor quibbles but one major agreement. That is their unequivocal support for... Continue reading

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TV, internet and other media

Frugality and austerity trump creativity: the top 25 global TV series in 2023

15 December 2023 / 439

Dennis Broe reviews this year’s TV series from around the world. Above image: Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson’s Churchill without the statesmanship American TV series, which had... Continue reading

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Fiction

Putting the ‘Who Dun It?’ back at the centre of hard-boiled crime fiction

15 December 2023 / 320

In the Anglo world, things generally get lumped together, but in the Francophone world the two kinds of crime fiction are worlds apart. One branch of French... Continue reading

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TV, internet and other media

The TV Season of Our Discontent: Streaming and Striking in 2023

4 December 2023 / 321

Dennis Broe reports on the ups and downs of the U.S. streaming industry in 2023. Image above: SAG-AFTRA members join WGA members on the picket lines outside of... Continue reading

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TV, internet and other media

Livestreaming Genocide: With Ads, or Genocide Plus With No Ads

10 November 2023 / 298

This summer, writers and actors were marching on picket lines trying to save their jobs and secure at least a working wage in ever more expensive Los... Continue reading

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