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How In The Multiverse Of Movie Ratings Magic Did Doctor Strange Earn A PG-13?
It's a murky science, but "with brutal scenes of people getting cut in half, shocking jump scares, and a sequence that is a terrifying...
Why Are Corners Of The Internet Suddenly Nostalgic For Medieval Peasant Life?
Let's be honest: "Assertions about our glorious history usually don’t quite check out—they tend to be based on misunderstandings, disputed or outdated scholarship, or...
Rom-Coms Are Back On The Big Screen, Sort Of
Only with the biggest names in romantic comedy attached, though - Meg Ryan, Sandra Bullock, and Julia Roberts, to name three. - The Guardian...
Museum Deaccession Sales Are A Horrible Transfer Of Public Goods To Private Hands
Take the Toledo Museum of Art's new sale: "Almost no museum could afford to buy a $40-million Cézanne or $18-million Matisse. Call it forced...
Reese Witherspoon Represents, Onscreen And Off, The Bumpy Road Of Being An Ambitious Woman
That is, an ambitious woman in a sexist society. "Likable ambitious women are women who don’t appear to be ambitious at all." - LitHub
The Influence Of Islamic Art Is All Over Contemporary Culture
Especially for those in diaspora communities, "artists destabilize the idea of a monolithic culture and instead construct works that are influenced by locations of...
The Music That Has Provided A Lifeline For Seniors In Care Facilities During The...
In Canada, Concerts in Care tried everything from outdoor concerts to concerts from balconies near nursing homes to Zoom concerts to broadcasts of pre-recorded...
As Cases Rise Again In New York, Much Of Broadway Ends Vaccine Checks
Masks are still required, mostly, but "while some patrons welcomed the change, others said they felt uneasy about going into crowded theaters without the...
How A Racist Statue From Iceland Ended Up On A Rocket Ship
Iceland made some questionable decisions about national identity in the early 2000s, including copying a statue from the 1930s called The First White Mother...
The Pandemic-Formed Musical Group That Arose Out Of An Adirondack Love For Folk Dance
No, truly. And, in classic pandemic times fashion, "after several months of working remotely, the band members met one another in the flesh and...
Historic Preservation Is Really Mucking Up Cities, And The People Who’d Like To Live...
The laws have done some good for buildings that truly do need to be preserved. However: "In cities with significant numbers of old buildings...
Why Artisans In Japan Sometimes Choose Hard Physical Work
One wood turner: "Well, you know, tradition is not just something in the past. It’s something that we’re making. ... I hope that I’m...
In Russia, Most Foreign Ballet Dancers Have Fled Because Of The War
One dancer who fled to Estonia and then to the United States says, "Russian ballet is definitely going to be totally isolated," and the...
Disney Still Isn’t Paying Its Writers
There's "a systematic program of theft from a whole cohort of writers, stemming from Disney's orgy of acquisitions. ... Disney took the position that...
Britain Could Have Ruined Its Remake Of The French Show Call My Agent
That it didn't, while also not making a direct copy, is due to writers who did the right thing - they asked agents what...
That Philip Guston Show Is Opening In Boston At Last, But Are We Ready?
The exhibition in Boston is "a referendum, of sorts, on just how far the MFA and its peer institutions have evolved when it comes...
Bill Murray Doesn’t Apologize For Misconduct On Set
He called it "a difference of opinion" and said production of Being Mortal, the "movie in which he was set to star was...
Building A Treasure Trove Of National Music
In the 1970s, CBC North (part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) decided the best way to preserve music and build an archive was simply...
The Ukrainian Soprano Who Replaced Netrebko At The Met Wraps Herself In Her Flag
Liudmyla Monastyrska, who replaced Russian superstar Anna Netrebko at the Met in Turandot, wrapped herself in a Ukrainian flag for her curtain call. "'I...
Look, Books Are Great, But Let’s Not Overstate Things
"One of the things that always frightens me about DVD box sets is when it says how many minutes there are to watch. It’s...
Don’t Stress, Art Houses; This Movie’s Success Proves You Can Survive
Well into its run, the indie Everything Everywhere All at Once keeps gaining audience - and its platform rollout, something impossible during the height...
The Self-Described Queen Of The Night And Owner Of The First Disco Has Died...
Régine, a singer and actress "who once ran a nightclub empire from Paris to Los Angeles," opened her first club in the 1950s in...
A Ukranian Dance Troupe In The US Tries To Fight Disinformatio
The Voloshky Ukranian Dance Ensemble, "sees its role in combating Russian aggression as diplomacy through dance, teaching U.S. audiences about Ukrainian history and culture....
An Author Wanted To Show LGBT Kids That Life Wasn’t All Doom And Gloom
And so, of course, a Catholic school in England canceled his school appearance. - The Guardian (UK)
A Cool Tool To Find The Books Set In Every Place In America
The tool also "spits out a bunch of fun facts, like: Bisbee, AZ, is home to the highest percentage of mystery novels. Bloomington, IN,...
