Monthly Archives: May 2024
Barbara O Jones, Whose Acting Led A Generation Of Black Filmmakers, Has Died At...
"Budding filmmakers like Charles Burnett, Julie Dash and Haile Gerima eschewed polished scripts and linear narratives in search of an authentic Black cinematic language....
Dear Kids, AI Is Not Your Real Friend
The teens know it. Still, “‘sometimes it’s nice to vent or blow off steam to something that’s kind of human-like,’ agreed Hawk, a 17-year-old...
Isaac Julien’s Momentous Moment: Burst of Deserved Attention
When I singled out Isaac Julien‘s five-screen video installation—“Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die)”—as one of my two
Bollywood Increasingly Toes – And Broadcasts – The Ruling Party Line
"Since Mr Modi first came to power in 2014, the Hindi film industry has produced several films referencing government policies. But in the past...
Canada’s Top Documentary Festival Keeps Sending Increasingly Dire Emails About Its Survival
The chaos is "just a symptom of wider uncertainty and a quiet but growing panic in the feature-length documentary world." - CBC
Laura Linney’s Favorite Part Of Central Park
"Bethesda Fountain was one of the first major commissioned works by a female artist . And it was built to commemorate fresh water that was...
Vulture’s Nominees For The Phonys
Welcome to the theatre awards for things like “The I’ve Seen Fire and I’ve Seen Rain.” - Vulture
The Crafts Of Making Kilts, Bagpipes, Cricket Bats And Balls Are Dying In Britain
"There’s less support for training, and government-funded apprenticeships are very hard to access in the UK. They’re not set up for our sector –...
The Company Behind The Coming Army Of Voice Clones
It’s all too “easy to imagine the potential carnage: scammers targeting parents by using their children’s voice to ask for money, a nefarious October...
CJ Sansom, Mystery Writer Who Created The Tudor English Detective Shardlake, Has Died At...
"He died just days before the May 1 streaming debut of the series Shardlake, on Disney+, an adaptation of his novels starring Arthur Hughes...
SAG-AFTRA Strikes A Deal With Nielsen For Streaming Data
How else could the union hold the producers to account? The streamers, but … er … “The Nielsen deal suggests that the union wants...
Is Los Angeles Ready For Meow Wolf?
“'We are undefinable in so many ways, and it makes people think, ‘It’s just entertainment,’’ says Meow Wolf curator Han Santana-Sayles, 31, sitting...
In Surprise Action, Activists Take Over Whitney To Decry Museum Funders’ Ties To Israeli...
"During the Whitney’s 'Free Friday Night' event, which offers pay-what you-wish admission between 7pm and 10pm, around 100 activists distributed custom-printed imitation brochures using...
Directing Is ‘Angry Sex Between Art And Commerce,’ Says Director Jane Schoenbrun
Schoenbrun, who directed I Saw the TV Glow, says, "I worked really hard to make this film weird, like a provocation. … I’m structuring...
After Agonizing Months, A Map For The Future Of LA’s Center Theatre Group
Snehal Desai: "It’s not that CTG doesn’t have folks coming; we have tens of thousands of folks, it’s just that we’re not necessarily getting...
Behind The Scenes At Manchester’s New, Deeply Troubled Co-Op Live Arena
For instance, “construction staff at the venue warned others back in February that works were as much as 35 weeks behind schedule.” Thirty-five. Weeks....
So Nicolas Poussin’s ‘Birth Of Venus’ Probably Isn’t Venus
“What makes such debates unusually exciting in the case of Poussin is not only the Frenchman’s unrivaled reputation for philosophical richness but also …...
Pitches To Save The Literary Internet
In the spirit of the Joanna Coles profile in New York Magazine, some ideas:“• 7,000 typos that somehow made it into the finished copy...
The Fans Who Saved The Original Star Wars
“If you want to see the original Star Wars trilogy — as they were shown in theaters, a bit softer and grainier (and with Han Solo definitely shooting...
Paramount’s Options Are Narrowing As The Window To Buy Closes
The thing is, "Since reports surfaced in January that Ellison’s Skydance was exploring an all-cash deal to acquire National Amusements Inc. — the company that holds...
Frank Stella, Master Of Artistic Reinvention, Has Died At 87
"Stella was a dominant figure in postwar American art, a restless, relentless innovator whose explorations of color and form made him an outsize presence,...
Tania León shares the ethos that drives her groundbreaking compositions
Tania León, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer & Debs Composer’s Chair for Carnegie Hall, shares the ethos that fuels her extraordinary impact.
The Legacy Of Morteza Mahjoubi’s Pianism
His Persian style lives “on account of something internal to his virtuosity: a sublime rubato that penetrates beneath the level of surface and releases...
London’s National Gallery May Get A Rethink For Its Third Century
That’s right, it’s 200 years old - and its director welcomes the opportunity to reconsider how to present art to a public that, occasionally,...
The Glass-Fronted Architecture Of The Proposed New NFL Stadium In Chicago
Perhaps unsurprisingly, “the design and necessity of the new stadium have faced objections from the community. It has an estimated to cost over $4.2...