Maestro: A hopelessly one-sided portrait of Leonard Bernstein
Exploring every aspect of Bernstein’s life, including his marriage, is certainly legitimate, but what Maestro has done is unacceptably one-sided—and therefore misleading.
Fred Mazelis•
Over 1,300 British actors, artists sign letter protesting censorship of pro-Palestine views by art institutions
British actors, artists, writers and critics have issued an open letter demanding that arts institutions cease their censorship of pro-Palestinian views.
Sandy English•
Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage denounces Israeli genocide in Gaza
“I strongly denounce state-sponsored witch-hunt and prosecution against artists and activists who have come forward against Israel’s genocide.”
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Actor Robert De Niro censored in a revealing episode: US ruling elite “fears superstitiously” every critical word
De Niro denounced Apple and the organizers of the Gotham Film and Media Institute for removing criticism of former president Donald Trump and the film industry.
David Walsh•
Erik Schreiber•
Bernd Reinhardt•
Dan Conway•
Eduardo Parati•
Sandy English•
SAG-AFTRA striker on the fight against sellout deal: “The rank and file are the ones who are going to have to do it”
The union announced an agreement Wednesday after two weeks of behind-closed-doors negotiations with the AMPTP. The talks have been going on, as the following interview makes clear, behind the backs of the SAG-AFTRA membership, who have been left entirely in the dark.
David Walsh•
The corporate media, Gaza and the death of television actor Matthew Perry
Although the death of Matthew Perry at age 54 is a tragedy, the inordinate attention paid by the corporate media to the TV actor—while genocide is being carried out against Palestinians in Gaza by the Israeli government—reveals both the fears and preoccupations of the capitalist ruling establishment.
Kevin Reed, David Walsh•
Actors strike in great danger: Oppose a sellout!
Nothing good for the actors will come out of these behind-closed-doors talks. Actors should immediately demand that they know the contents of these negotiations.
David Walsh•
Writers Guild orders writers to return to work before tentative agreement ratified by membership
In a blatantly undemocratic action aimed at forcing through a sellout agreement, the Writers Guild ordered its members to return work before they had even been given a chance to review and vote on the three year contract.
Jacob Crosse•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Jacob Crosse, Marc Wells•
Gabriel Black, Our Reporters•
Joanne Laurier•
Maestro: A hopelessly one-sided portrait of Leonard Bernstein
Exploring every aspect of Bernstein’s life, including his marriage, is certainly legitimate, but what Maestro has done is unacceptably one-sided—and therefore misleading.
Fred Mazelis•
All the Light We Cannot See: Shedding little of that on the events of World War II
The approach to World War II, Nazi Germany, the German occupation and the French resistance is muddy, confused and ahistorical.
Joanne Laurier•
Under the Shadow: A psychological horror film about 1980s wartime Iran
The film bases itself on a family's experiences during the Iran-Iraq War, a bitter conflict that led to the deaths of over one million people.
Nick Barrickman•
The fate of Marwan Barghouti, the most famous Palestinian political prisoner of Israel, explored
While the film paints a vivid picture of the appalling suffering Barghouti’s lengthy incarceration has inflicted upon both him and his family, it underplays the political issues involved.
Jean Shaoul•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Stefan Steinberg•
Pani Wijesiriwardena•
David Walsh•
Maestro: A hopelessly one-sided portrait of Leonard Bernstein
Exploring every aspect of Bernstein’s life, including his marriage, is certainly legitimate, but what Maestro has done is unacceptably one-sided—and therefore misleading.
Fred Mazelis•
The Stones and Brian Jones: A talented rock musician who shone brightly but briefly
A new documentary draws a detailed portrait of the founder of the Rolling Stones without offering much insight into his life and times.
Erik Schreiber•
“First black president, and he’s the one who bombed us.”
Sundial: Rapper Noname shows political commitment and serious confusion
Noname reserves her deadly mockery for artists who promote the “war machine” but also gives Jay Electronica a platform to promote backwardness.
Erik Schreiber•
The Dark Side of the Moon Redux: Roger Waters reimagines the 1973 Pink Floyd classic
With the new record, Waters revisits the themes that have been resonating with generations of audiences for a half-century.
Kevin Reed•
Matthew Richter•
Erik Schreiber•
James McDonald•
James McDonald•
Fred Mazelis•
Why have right-wing forces attacked Adania Shibli’s novel Minor Detail?
After the outbreak of the new Israeli war against Palestinians a number of critics discovered antisemitism in the book and denounced Shibli as a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activist.
Bernd Reinhardt•
Award-winning novelist Arundhati Roy denounces “brazen slaughter” and “crimes against humanity” in Gaza
Roy’s comments speak to the revulsion felt by hundreds of millions at the savagery of the Israeli destruction of Gaza.
David Walsh•
The racialist theory of “color blind racism”: Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s Racism without Racists
Now in its sixth edition, Racism without Racists has been central to the development and dissemination of the racialist outlook that currently dominates academia, much of the media, and significant sections of the political establishment in the United States.
Andrea Peters•
We Want Them Infected: The integration of pseudoscience into the US pandemic response
The new book by Dr. Jonathan Howard carefully traces how traditional attacks on medical science from the anti-vaccine movement were used by doctors around the Great Barrington Declaration to promote an ongoing political attack on public health.
David Moore•
Stefan Steinberg•
Carola Kleinert•
Eric London•
David Walsh•
Andrea Peters•
Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage denounces Israeli genocide in Gaza
“I strongly denounce state-sponsored witch-hunt and prosecution against artists and activists who have come forward against Israel’s genocide.”
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Roger Stahl discusses Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood with WSWS
Department of Defense interventions into American entertainment media is to “get people acclimated to the presence of military personnel, military bases, military operations, and weapons… normalizing the presence of the military in almost every aspect of life.”
Richard Phillips•
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•
Vimukthi Vidarshana and Shree Haran•
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
Frank Anderson•
David Walsh•
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