Article ‘When Black Was Born’ A new documentary explores the power of Black music at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969. By Clifford Thompson August 1, 2021 Music Race Movies
Article Exquisite & Thwarted Wong Kar-wai’s films explore obsession, suppressed desire, and the unsettling undercurrents running beneath composed surfaces. By Robert Rubsam June 28, 2021 Movies Asia Arts
Article Opening Credits Reading celebrated director Billy Wilder’s journalism is like glimpsing the percolating brain of the genius to come. By Helene Stapinski June 9, 2021 Books Movies Nonfiction
Article Eat or Get Eaten ‘The White Tiger’ turns a hard gaze on India’s unforgiving social stratification and what it takes to break through it. By Nicole-Ann Lobo March 3, 2021 Movies India Culture
Article Béisbol, Baseball, and ‘Bad Hombres’ A Showtime documentary uses baseball to highlight contemporary border issues. But béisbol has always been a migration narrative on its own terms. By Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández February 11, 2021 Movies Sports Immigration
Article ‘Citizen Kane’ Revisited ‘Mank,’ a new movie about the politics behind ‘Citizen Kane,’ focuses on Upton Sinclair—a friend of Commonweal’s founding editor. By Paul Baumann January 22, 2021 Movies