Mark Read

Dystopia Redux: This Time ‘Blade Runner’ Feels Real

Mark Read Oct 15

In 1982, the year Blade Runner was released, climate change was a dimly understood phenomenon discussed by a few…

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Al Gore’s Convenient Infomercial for Green Capitalism

Mark Read Aug 2

There are few subjects more reliably depressing than the problem of impending climate chaos. In some ways the daily…

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The Woman Who Saved New York

Mark Read Apr 30

There is still much to learn from the pioneering and visionary work of Jane Jacobs.

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Dawn of the Social Thriller

Mark Read Mar 29

Get Out Directed by Jordan Peele 104 minutes, Rated R In the first ten minutes of Get Out, writer/director…

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Shining New Light on Black Masculinity

Mark Read Dec 19

Moonlight Directed by Barry Jenkins 111 Minutes, Rated R Theaters Citywide Barry Jenkins is certainly not the first filmmaker…

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Birth Pangs of a Nation

Mark Read Oct 21

Nate Parker’s new film is flawed but has at least one redeeming quality

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Birth Pangs of a Nation

Mark Read Oct 14

Nate Parker’s flawed film is not without redeeming qualities

The Full Snowden

Mark Read Sep 17

Snowden Directed by Oliver Stone 2:14 minutes, Rated R Oliver Stone has made a career out of exploring the…

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