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Month: January 2022

The power of Don’t Look Up is in the details
Posted on January 28, 2022February 11, 2022

The power of Don’t Look Up is in the details

I went into Don’t Look Up, the new political satire on Netflix directed by Adam McKay (The Big Short, Vice), expecting it to be heavy-handed. That was the verdict of many film critics and others I follow: that its dystopian spoof of climate politics is well-meaning but as subtle as sledgehammer. I was hoping to … Continue reading The power of Don’t Look Up is in the details

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