occupation-is-a-family-affair

It is the eternal tension of political cinema: to dramatize, or inform? Cherien Dabis’ multigenerational chronicle “All That’s Left of You” begins by leaning into the latter, but sheds its didacticism to become a harrowing multigenerational tale of a Palestinian family’s nakbas.  The story’s flashpoint is a West Bank protestContinue Reading

the-kremlin-files:-russia,-the-modern-surveillance-state

EXPERT OPINION / PERSPECTIVE — Ask any Russian intelligence officer about “naruzhka,” and you’ll see them nod knowingly. It’s the term for physical, trailing surveillance: watchers on the street who follow targets, track meetings, and report patterns. The Russians are experts at it, and they have been for centuries, datingContinue Reading