Elvis: A film biography of the legendary musical artist
Baz Luhrmann’s film neither fixates solely on the personal demons of its subject nor does it ignore them.
Carlos Delgado and Frank Anderson•
Philadelphia Museum of Art workers strike enters second week
The strike of nearly 200 museum workers comes amid a rising wave of class struggle internationally and among cultural workers particularly.
Nick Barrickman•
Rapper Coolio dead at 59
While the rapper appears to rework themes made redundant by the early-1990s wave of gangster rap, Coolio-Ivey’s music is notable for its humorous, self-deprecating songs.
Nick Barrickman•
Amazon Prime’s The Rings of Power: One show to ruin them all
The series has undoubtedly touched a nerve which says more about the present state of filmmaking and society than anything Tolkien is responsible for.
Robert Campion•
Verena Nees•
Sue Phillips•
Ray Coleman•
Kevin Reed•
Joanne Laurier•
Amazon Prime’s The Rings of Power: One show to ruin them all
The series has undoubtedly touched a nerve which says more about the present state of filmmaking and society than anything Tolkien is responsible for.
Robert Campion•
Succession, The White Lotus, Dopesick collect significant number of Emmy awards
A number of serious series and programs received Emmy awards this year, as television continues to prove more socially critical and interesting than filmmaking.
James Martin•
Mo: Netflix series shows complex, painful, comic sides of an immigrant’s life
Unlike a good many films and television programs at present that aim at capturing social reality, Mo proceeds in a vivid, multifaceted, compassionate manner, devoid of self-pity or self-conscious gloom.
Joanne Laurier•
Severance: Employees undergo surgery to separate work and home life
Employees at a mysterious technology and pharmaceutical corporation have their memories severed to divide their work and personal lives in this science-fiction meets dark-comedy thriller.
Emma Arceneaux•
David Walsh•
James Martin, David Walsh•
Emma Arceneaux•
Angelo Perera•
Ed Hightower•
Amazon Prime’s The Rings of Power: One show to ruin them all
The series has undoubtedly touched a nerve which says more about the present state of filmmaking and society than anything Tolkien is responsible for.
Robert Campion•
Three Minutes–A Lengthening: Nazi barbarism in Poland
The new films about the Nazis are clearly a response as well—fully conscious or not—to the rise and threat of the far right in Germany, the US and elsewhere.
David Walsh•
The Good Boss: A film, unfortunately, that Bernie Sanders would also like
Blanco is pulling out all the stops to ready his factory and his workforce for an imminent visit from a committee that will decide which local firm collects a prestigious business excellence award.
David Walsh•
Lost Illusions: Balzac’s great novel interpreted for our time
Lost Illusions is a monumental novel, a turning point in modern literature, and Giannoli and Jacques Fieschi, his co-screenwriter, have done a remarkable job of dramatizing it.
David Walsh•
Joanne Laurier•
Nick Barrickman•
Tom Mackaman•
Carlos Delgado•
Tom Mackaman•
Elvis: A film biography of the legendary musical artist
Baz Luhrmann’s film neither fixates solely on the personal demons of its subject nor does it ignore them.
Carlos Delgado and Frank Anderson•
Rapper Coolio dead at 59
While the rapper appears to rework themes made redundant by the early-1990s wave of gangster rap, Coolio-Ivey’s music is notable for its humorous, self-deprecating songs.
Nick Barrickman•
Munich Philharmonic’s first violinist sacked by city’s SPD-Green council for being “too close to Russia”
Nasturica-Herschcowici has been celebrated as the “devil’s violinist," in reference to early 19th century violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini.
Verena Nees•
The soulful voice of the Aboriginal stolen generations, Archie Roach (1956–2022)
Roach’s “Took the Children Away”—a landmark in Australian contemporary music—opened the way for other artistic work about historic and current social crimes committed against Aborigines by Australian governments.
Sue Phillips•
Kevin Reed•
Erik Schreiber, David Walsh•
Nick Barrickman, David Walsh•
Matthew Brennan•
Kevin Reed•
Grzegorz Rossoliński-Liebe's biography of Stepan Bandera: A devastating portrait of the figurehead of Ukrainian fascism
Rossoliński-Liebe’s biography of Bandera provides irrefutable evidence for the horrific crimes and fascist outlook of Stepan Bandera, who is now widely glorified as a “hero” by the Ukrainian regime.
Jason Melanovski•
Hilary Mantel, renowned author of Wolf Hall trilogy, dies aged 70
Mantel was considered and thoughtful on the role of history in culture, and extremely cautious about easy, shallow and inappropriate historical comparisons.
Paul Bond•
War and poverty in Elizabeth Strout’s novel, Oh William!
History, poverty and the difficulty of human relationships are baked into the lives of the characters.
Sandy English•
David McCullough, 1933-2022—The promise, and the perils, of popular history
McCullough’s work, though limited by his focus on the personal and a mystical “American spirit,” revealed that there is a hunger for history among masses of people.
Tom Mackaman•
Harvey Thompson•
Peter Schwarz•
Frank Gaglioti, Richard Phillips•
William Quartermaine•
Erik Schreiber•
An interview with Nadav Lapid, director of Ahed’s Knee: “One of the characteristics of sick societies … is that they don’t give you any good choices”
The WSWS recently spoke to filmmaker Nadav Lapid, director of Ahed’s Knee, on a video call.
David Walsh•
An interview with Bryan Wizemann, writer-director of You Mean Everything to Me: “There’s another ‘underserved’ population … and that’s people without money”
Wizemann’s You Mean Everything to Me follows a young woman, Cassandra (Morgan Saylor), who, faced with homelessness, comes under the spell of a local DJ, Nathan (Ben Rosenfield).
David Walsh•
Sri Lankan poet Ahnaf Jazeem jailed under anti-terror laws speaks with the WSWS
The notorious Counter Terrorism and Investigation Department arrested Jazeem in May 2020, claiming that his poetry promoted extremism and falsely accused him of teaching extremism to his students.
Vimukthi Vidarshana and Shree Haran•
“The heroes of this story were the people of Minamata who broke societal norms, stood up against all odds and demanded to be heard”
Director Andrew Levitas discusses Minamata and its creative underpinnings
Last week director, producer, painter and sculptor Andrew Levitas spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about his dramatic feature Minamata, featuring Johnny Depp as world-famous photographer W. Eugene Smith.
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
Frank Anderson•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Richard Phillips•
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