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David Thomson discusses his concerns about film's role in promoting authoritarianism and its adulation of power.

David Thomson, the great film critic, discusses his increasing disquiet with film — and how movies have helped deliver us to authoritarianism. He describes film’s adulation of power, which has been almost religiously illuminated on the screen. David Thomson, A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies Simon & Schuster, 2026 Book Launch with David Thomson at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley on July 12, 2026 The post What the Movies Have Wrought appeared first on KPFA.

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