In ‘The Alabama Solution,’ Punishment Offers No Redemption
Lady Justice is the personification of the law, often depicted as a blindfolded woman wielding a sword and the scales...
Review
JPI’s Review aim to give critical evaluations that focus on the political themes and messages conveyed by cultural or artistic products, such as a book, film, television show, play, or art exhibition. Our contributors assess the product’s political content and analyze how it reflects or engages with contemporary political issues and debates.
‘A House of Dynamite’ Review: Nuclear Deterrence Fails In Netflix Latest Political Thriller
On a seemingly ordinary day, the military base in Fort Greely, Alaska, discovers a ballistic missile heading towards the United...
The Silence of Others: A Nation’s Pact of Forgetting and the Endurance of Memory
The Silence of Others begins with a quiet act of remembrance: María Martín, an elderly woman, kneels by the side...
The NYC Russian Neighborhood Where Anora is Set Sees the Movie as an Opportunity
When accepting her Best Actress Oscar, Mikey Madison thanked a neighborhood in New York that rarely appears on travel guides:...
Ahead of the Oscars, No Other Land Already Won
After a year-long struggle to find a distributor or theater willing to facilitate screenings in the United States, No Other...
Who We Remember: Jenny Murray’s ¡Las Sandinistas! (2018)
Murray, Jenny, dir. ¡Las Sandinistas! 2018: Kino Lorber. ¡Las Sandinistas! (2018), a documentary directed by Jenny Murray, follows women who...
The Brilliance of Netflix’s “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” in the Retelling of the Nazi Occupation in Guernsey
The collective history of World War II is well-documented, with an array of archival literature and videography meticulously depicting the...
Oppenheimer and the Nuclear Chain Reaction
This past summer saw the release of Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, a biopic of the man who was instrumental...
Historical Film Review: Quo Vadis, Aida? and the 1995 Srebrenica Massacre
Foreign war drama, Quo Vida, Aida? offers heartbreaking and powerful insight into the July 1995 Srebrenica Massacre, an eleven-day event...
Citizenship and the Vulnerability of the “Stateless” in Offshore Citizens
Offshore Citizens, written by Noora Lori, a professor at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies, examines the global standard...