Charlie Bertsch / 05 Mar 2026
History is What Burns
Mississippi Burning, Directed by Alan Parker
Alan Parker’s 1988 film, Mississippi Burning, is now a revelation.
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Los Angeles
Ari Paul / 03 Feb 2026
Disloyal Territory: Why Trump is Targeting Minneapolis
Ruthless Cosmopolitan
Minneapolis is not the first city to come under siege by Donald Trump’s domestic army. Similar operations in Portland and Chicago also led to widespread mobilisations against federal occupation.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 17 Dec 2025
The Persistence of Fame
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten, Directed by Julien Temple
Julien Temple’s 2007 documentary Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten hits differently now.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 25 Sep 2024
Belarus in Exile
Belaya Polosa, by Molchat Doma
Even if you hadn’t heard that Belarussian band Molchat Doma had relocated to Los Angeles, the sound of their impressive new album Belaya Polosa (White Stripe) would tip you off.(...)
John Foster / 25 Nov 2022
Think Different
Culture from the Slums, by Jeff Hayton
Based on the flurry of academic titles about it over the last decade, punk has become as common to college curriculums as it is to the Top 40. Why this took so long is baffling.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 29 Jun 2022
Between Europe and America
Reconsidering Susan Sontag
There was a time in the 1960s and 1970s when Susan Sontag somehow became an international star. (...)