Walden Bello
Activist • Academic • Journalist • Writer
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“The Kings of the World” (“Los Reyes Del Mundo”)
Armed with a piece of paper, a government notice informing one of them that he has inherited a parcel of land in a distant...
Overrated: Review of ‘Everything, Everywhere, All at Once’
The "message" of this film is that, hey, your world is is still the best of all possible worlds. “Everything Everywhere…”...
Rereading a Classic: Review of City of Quartz by Mike Davis
A rereading of "City of Quartz" by the recently departed Mike Davis is necessary to appreciate how brilliant it is, with...
Blanchett at the Top of Her Game in Tár
Cate Blanchett is at the top of her game in this drama where orchestral politics and sexual intrigue come together to bring...
Casting is Everything: A review of Banshees of Inisherin
The Oscar-nominated "Banshees of Inisherin" is a beautifully acted unconventional tale of pre-Facebook "unfriending" that...
Not a Hatchet Job: Review of Ronald Suny’s “Stalin: Passage to Revolution”
Stalin by Ronald Grigor Suny is not a hatchet-job on Stalin like many other works by liberal scholars. Based on documents...