Culture

War for the Planet of the Apes Lacks the Courage of Its Convictions

Koba should've won.

Eileen Jones

Before Punk, Skiffle Music Gave Voice to a Working Class That Wanted to Dance

Billy Bragg's new book explores the blue-collar precursor to the British Invasion sound.

Micco Caporale

The Abolitionist of Walden Pond

Two hundred years after his birth, Henry David Thoreau is as relevant as ever.

Dayton Martindale

Sorry, Tories: Jeremy Corbyn’s Success Is a Win for the Anti-Austerity Movement

British progressives have a long fight ahead. But for now, we're breathing a collective sigh of relief.

Jane Miller

The Frustrating Yet Beautiful Drama of “A Ghost Story”

Filmmaker David Lowery's latest is slow, but contains a few genuine spiritual ideas.

Michael Atkinson

Squatters’ 60-Year War Against Private Property

How propertied classes team up with the state to forcibly evict urban squatters.

Margaret Garb

The Fairy Tales Capitalists Tell Themselves

The new book The Wisdom of Money amounts to morale-boosting capitalist agitprop.

Chris Lehmann

Beta Testing Fascism: How Online Culture Wars Created the Alt-Right

Angela Nagle's "Kill All Normies" charts the ideology's emergence from the internet's darkest corners.

John Michael Colón

Okja: The Veggie-Prop Children’s Film You Really Need to See

The director of Snowpiercer is back with a kiddie film that meets vegetarian propaganda, with surprising success.

Michael Atkinson

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay: Examining Britain’s Populist Revolt

David Goodhart's The Road to Somewhere goes nowhere worth following.

Jane Miller

The Return of Nunsploitation

Jeff Baena’s The Little Hours is a clever update on Boccaccio's The Decameron.

Michael Atkinson

How the Threat of Apocalypse Justifies American Empire

A new book argues that in the military's hands, warnings of world's end become self-fulfilling prophecies.

Chris Lehmann

When the Bankers Took Manhattan: Austerity’s New York Roots

The new book Fear City documents the slide of New York City from vibrant social democracy to neoliberal abyss.

Moe Tkacik

The Milquetoast Militants of Showtime’s “Guerrilla”

The protagonists' middle-class naiveté rolls off them in waves.

Eileen Jones

How To Resist, in 6 Books

Your guide to the guides to the resistance.

Kate Aronoff

The Scrooges in Charge

From refugees to healthcare, Theresa May's policies are paranoid and mean-spirited.

Jane Miller

Hulu’s Brilliant Adaptation of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Says More About Our Present Than Our Future

For many marginalized women, dystopia is already here.

Jessica Stites

The Elusive Emily Dickinson

A new film explores the poet's restless mind and lonely life.

Michael Atkinson