The Left Anchor hosts kick back with some classic films.
Movies
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Altercation: On the Roots of Fascism
Is it belief in an ideology that creates fascists, or is it the permission to become a thug?
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Eric Alterman’s List of the Best Stuff of 2022
The year in movies, books, music, and art
Posted inPodcasts
America Is Pottersville
The Left Anchor hosts discuss the politics of one of America’s best-loved movies.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Altercation: At the Movies
Two new films brilliantly depict the increasingly embattled craft of journalism.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
The Magic Kingdom Is Tragic for Workers
A new film from Abigail Disney, granddaughter of the co-founder of The Walt Disney Company, takes a look at how workers have been crushed by a new corporate philosophy.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Don’t You Forget About ‘Abbott Elementary’
The show that rejuvenated the network sitcom is a quietly subversive commentary on class politics.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Rollups: Collateral Damage in the Streaming Wars
With turnover high, streaming services are trying to make the economics work through consolidation, harming viewers and content creators alike.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: It’s Not Wokeism That Threatens Our Democracy
So how come editors so often boost it into a threat to the cosmic order?
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Hollywood’s Role in Stigmatizing Abortion
And its responsibility now
