Nomadland

The anthropologist Philip Carl Salzman noted in 1983 that nomadic people tend to behave more independently, display self-sufficiency, and emphasize autonomy. These ideas are visualized in Nomadland, the new film adapted for the screen by Chloé Zhao, especially through its main character, Fern, played...

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One Night in Miami

Malcolm X and Martin Luther King famously met only once. The two most iconic leaders of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s had quite different views, with King calling for racial integration and Malcolm calling for racial separation. With previous efforts to unite and rally together having failed,...

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The White Tiger

Twelve years ago, the Indian actor and director Aamir Khan described Slumdog Millionaire as not being an Indian film, but a film about India, similar to Gandhi. His criticism was milder than what other Indian critics were complaining about, with some viewing the British film as insulting or only focusing...

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Promising Young Woman

"That is just asking for it." This is one of the lines from the creepy predators featured throughout this film; this particular one comes right at the beginning. The predators are a few guys hanging out at a club, venting about work and on the lookout for a hookup. Soon, they see a woman who has had too much to drink. They start to express concern; they want to make sure the really drunk woman at...

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