Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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Beautiful Lies and False Gods in ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice’

By Rick Quinn, rickquinn / 26 August 2020

Zack Snyder's Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice interrogates two primal drives in American culture through the top characters of the DC pantheon: fear and its trauma (Batman) and naked power and its ambiguities (Superman).

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The Films of 2016 Didn’t See Trump Coming, Either

By / 22 December 2016

As a gauge of the American zeitgeist, 2016’s films provided no warning of the reactionary backlash the nation just woke up to.

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On Entertaining Terror: Film v Television

By / 8 April 2016

While United 93 was released "too soon" for viewers' comfort, a mix of critically derided films and critically acclaimed series continue to depict the age of terror.