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Who Is America? Reveals an America Most People Would Rather Deny

Sacha Baron Cohen’s Showtime series is the most insightful, and confrontational, work of satire that has so far appeared in the Age of Trump.

TV CornerAren BergstromOctober 10, 2018Who Is America?, Sacha Baron Cohen, Showtime, satire, Donald Trump, America, Dr. Nira Cain-N'Degeocello, Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr. PhD, Erran Morad, Gio Monaldo, Rick Sherman, OMGWhizzboyOMG!Comment

Review: BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Spike Lee’s newest joint isn’t just a great entertainment, but a self-aware exploration of double consciousness and white supremacy in America. One of the year’s best films

The Current: In Theatres, ReviewsAnders BergstromOctober 4, 2018BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee, Adam Driver, John David Washington, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace, African American cinema, Birth of a Nation, white supremacy, Harry Belafonte, police procedural, crime drama, AmericaComment

Review: Bridge of Spies (2015)

Spielberg's sturdy Cold War spy thriller.

Review: Fury (2014)

Bits and pieces of a great war movie.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromOctober 23, 2014America, army, Brad Pitt, David Ayer, Germany, Jon Bernthal, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Shia LeBeouf, tanks, war, war is hell, war movie, WWIIComment

Religion in American Cinema: God's Not Dead, Heaven Is for Real, and Noah

These movies are a reflection of American Christianity's preoccupations.

Essays, Movies TodayAren BergstromMay 7, 2014America, American Christianity, Christianity, evangelical Christianity, God's Not Dead, Heaven Is for Real, Hollywood, Noah, religion, religious drama, religious film, The Bible Comment

Roundtable: American Psyche: To the Wonder (2012) and The Master (2012)

The Brothers discuss the new films from P. T. Anderson and Terrence Malick and the state of American cinema.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromOctober 2, 201270 mm, America, Amy Adams, Ben Affleck, Joaquin Pheonix, Olga Kurylenko, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, romance, sex, Terrence Malick, The Master, The Tree of Life, Tiff12, To the WonderComment

Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Beasts of the Southern Wild is a stunning debut, but leaves me feeling uneasy.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromAugust 3, 2012America, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, Hurricane Katrina, magic realism, Quvenzhané Wallis, Southern Louisiana, SundanceComment