“Don’t Look Up” gets lost in its own irony, and its creator Adam McKay as well as the actors are revealed to be part of the elitism that the film is attempting to criticize.
In yet another sign of our artistically arid times, “Finch” gives us no glimpse into human nature or soul, and all attempts at it are extremely simplistic.
Without the participation of African Americans, the war to save the Union “as it was” could not have been transformed into a war to save the Union “as it should be.”
The film is a critique of social status both in the West and the East, but it is also a wake-up call about the manufactured consent of elite journalism.
Although thorough, thought-provoking, and chilling in its descriptions of the problems in America’s heartland, the prescription from “America Lost” feels like an insufficient response.