Film

“The Trial of the Chicago 7” movie, a liberal fantasy?

The trial of the Chicago 7 — or the Chicago 8, depending on who’s counting and how — is the mother of all courtroom dramas.

I was there: One Woman’s Perspective on “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

October 23, 2020

Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 is entertaining but it played fast and loose with the facts.

‘Da 5 Bloods’: Vietnamese Lives, American Imperialist Views

June 24, 2020

Viet Thanh Nguyen, NYT review: A lesser Spike Lee film whose characterizations of Vietnamese people are inextricable from its political failures.

Live review of Spike Lee’s Da Five Bloods

June 17, 2020

Viet Thanh Nguyen, “I watched Da 5 Bloods so you wouldn’t have to. I can’t recommend it. Here we go with my live tweeting of Spike Lee’s #Da5Bloods.”

Five stars for Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods

June 10, 2020

Spike Lee’s Vietnam War film Da 5 Bloods is “a condemnation of the past, a call for change, and a rich work of art worth watching over and over again.”

‘America Told Us to Get Over It’: Black Vietnam Veterans Hail Spike Lee film

May 27, 2020

“Da 5 Bloods” highlights the experience of veterans who fought for their country only to be treated as second-class citizens.

Author Viet Thanh Nguyen on the legacy of “Apocalypse Now”

August 24, 2019

August 15, 2019—New York Public Radio's The Takeaway posted this interview with Vietnamese writer Viet Thanh Nguyen in...

The Cauldron: Columbia ’68

March 12, 2019

In April 1968, students at Columbia University occupied five campus buildings and for one week brought that prestigious institution to its knees. Fighting both the Vietnam War and university racism, the Columbia Revolt riveted the nation and changed everything. Could it happen today?