Howard’s Ten Best of 2023
from the series Movie Corner
By HOWARD MCQUITTER II
The Zone of Interest Director: Jonathan Glazer. Cast: Sandra Hüller | Christian Friedel | Freya Kreutzkam | Ralph Herforth. Drama | History | War. German in English subtitles. Running time: 105 minutes. PG- 13
The Boy and the Heron Director: Hayao Miyazaki. Cast: Soma Santoki | Masaki Suda | Ko Shibasaki. Animation | Adventure | Drama. Japanese in English subtitles. Running time: 124 minutes. PG-13
Killers of a Flower Moon Director: Martin Scorsese. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio | Robert De Niro | Lily Gladstone | Jesse Plemons. Crime | Drama | History. Running time: 206 minutes. R
Oppenheimer Director: Christopher Nolan. Cast: Cillian Murphy | Emily Blunt | Matt Damon | Robert Downey Jr. | Kenneth Branagh | Florence Pugh. History | Drama | Biography. Running time: 183 Minutes. R
Origin Director: Ava Du Vernay. Cast: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor | Jon Bernthal | Niecy Nash | Emily Yancy | Finn Wittrock. Drama | History | Road. Running time: 141 minutes. PG-13
Poor Things Director: Yorgos Lanthimos. Cast: Emma Stone | Mark Ruffalo | Willem Dafoe | Ramy Youssef. Comedy | Drama | Romance.… Read the rest “Howard’s Ten Best of 2023”
The F-word Matters!
from the series Raise Your Voice
By PETER MOLENAAR
Here the f-word refers to the potentiality for a home-brewed fascism, i.e., an open dictatorship of the most chauvinistic sector of our capitalist ruling-class. Note: the false patriotism fostered by these imperialists infects our national consciousness, while Zionism, the ideology of the Jewish ruling-class, infects Israel. Hey, Biden is an imperialist, but he isn’t a fascist!
So, what is to be done in the electoral arena this time? Well, Biden’s refusal to negotiate with Russia, even as they amassed their troops, suggests what? To this we must add his vacillating complicity with Israel’s genocidal displacement campaign. Clearly then: WE CAN NOT ENDORSE HIM.
Yet, the conversation is ongoing….
MN 350 (headquartered at 4407 E. Lake Street) recently posed the question to its membership. After elaborating my opposition to Biden’s imperialism, I railed against the one who sells playgrounds to folks we could happily live without (i.e., the rich and the super-rich). Is Trump a fascist, or merely a master of word magic? Clearly, he panders to chauvinistic trends which enhance the possibility of a fascist state at some point in time.
What is chauvinism? Actually, it is a false sense of superiority which flows from ignorance.… Read the rest “The F-word Matters!”
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