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Let’s Talk About That NC-17 Rating For The Netflix Marilyn Monroe Biopic
The history of the rating is, one might say, fraught. But Netflix isn't a movie theatre; why does it have an NC-17 rating on...
The Not So Comfortable Discussions About Sidney Poitier
Poitier was "a man who both aspired and inspired just as much as he frustrated and disappointed. We rarely ever really talk about that...
Winnie The Pooh Stars In A New Horror Movie
Thanks, public domain! No, but truly, thank you for expiring, copyright. We now have everything from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to "all-time classic"...
France’s Anonymous Street Artist Fills The Cracks With Colorful Mosaics
Ememem "has made a speciality of filling divots and potholes with multicoloured mosaics made from tiles of different sizes and different hues, arranged in...
YouTube’s Chaos Led To Its Massive Rise
Why doesn't its history with a content provider who had zillions of subscribers - but was a favorite of the neo-Nazis - get the...
Peak TV Is Making The Emmys A Lot Weirder
There are so, so many series out there - 500 or more, and "the crush of programming means that even worthy shows struggle for...
Judging The Sometimes Violent Art Of Video Games
MoMA makes a case for including games in the permanent collection - and a case that says humans respond the same way to video...
Why Did Instagram Ban This Livestreamed French Play?
No one (associated with the play) knows. "In early 2021, a few months into the production’s run, Instagram started cutting off these live streams,...
Why So Many Book Bans? Facebook
"It’s absolutely beyond creepy—and therefore totally in keeping with Facebook’s general vibe—that adults are spending time avidly thumbing through children’s books to look for...
The Flamenco Singer Who Defies Tradition To Reinvent The Music
Rosália won Latin Grammys for her album El Mal Querer - a flamenco-pop fusion that also became her thesis project at the Catalonia School...
Some Teenage Girls In Afghanistan Meet In Secret To Read The Diary Of Anne...
One 17-year-old in the secret book club: "Anne Frank is, like, as a friend for me. ... I mean, Anne Frank is suffering from...
What It’s Like To Chair The National Endowment For The Humanities During A Pandemic
Shelly Lowe, the first Native American chair of the NEH, wants to make some changes: "More small organizations that haven’t had NEH funding will...
Russia’s War On Wikipedia Editors Ramps Up
Editors have been doxxed, threatened, and arrested. "Doronina of the Wikimedia Foundation’s board of trustees said that Russia’s state agencies could target one of...
When ABT Tried To Break Ballet Out Of The 18th Century
"Audience members generally rustle their programs and shift in their seats when performers are onstage. But on that late October evening inside Lincoln Center...
Marsha Hunt, Who Confronted The Blacklist And Paid For It, Has Died At 104
The actress spent the seven decades after her Hollywood career ended as a result of the 1950s-era hysterical anti-Communism as an impassioned activist for...
Will British Audiences Ever Fall Back In Love With Going To The Cinema?
"Pandemic-induced production delays, jittery Hollywood studios continuing to postpone blockbuster release dates, and a wider lack of mid-budget fare – from rom-coms and buddy movies...
A Town In Nepal Wants Its Stolen God Back
"This particular sculpture ... was stolen on the night of June 16, 1999, from the house of its caretaker in Thalkhu Tole. The community...
The Art, And Popularity, Of Retelling Old Tales
"Sometimes writers draw from older stories—myths, histories, ancient epics—when crafting new ones. One might find in that rewriting an opportunity to recast a celebrated...
Director Gianni Amello Says Italy Is Still Plagued By Homophobia
He says the ideal audience for his new film is an elementary school teacher afraid of coming out, and "parents of kids who are...
Can An Artificial Intelligence Truly Make Great Art?
Talking with a man who won a photography contest with an AI-produced image, "you definitely get this feeling of almost resentment toward human artists,...
It’s Time To Re-Evaluate Ralph Vaughan Williams
"Writing with clarity of vision is tricky given how embedded Vaughan Williams is in British musical culture. He wore many hats in his time:...
Tina Ramirez Founded Ballet Hispanico On A Shoestring
The dancer and choreographer, who built the ballet from that tiny beginning to "the country’s leading Hispanic dance performance and education troupe," has died...
The Pacific Northwest Ballet At 50
PNB "is basking in the aftermath of successful summer tours" to NY and LA. "With almost 40 dancers on full-time contract, its own critically...
Who Will Win, And Who Should Win, The Emmys This Year?
Will Abbott Elementary and Succession live up to their nomination numbers? Will the voters give everything - again - to Ted Lasso? - Los...
An Increase In Art About A Taboo Topic
Abortion: Yes, artists make art about it. But they'd kept it somewhat quiet for years. Now? Everything's on the table - and in some...
