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Need A Film That Truly Captures The Process Of Making Theatre?
Then you're in luck with Oscar nominee Drive My Car. The three-hour Japanese film is "an impeccably textured elucidation of a group of strangers...
Why Are Publishers Fighting Libraries So Very Hard On E-Books?
Maybe because people love them so much. No, seriously, what's up with all of the lobbying against state legislatures trying to give libraries...
The Myths Of Black Artists And Landscapes
Ingrid Pollard, a British photographer known for her portraits and landscapes, says, "Everything about is fabricated for industrial rural use. The barbed wire,...
Is Hollywood Souring On Streaming?
Matt Belloni: "The leading minds at media companies (and the consulting firms that nudge them) have convinced the C-suite trigger-pullers that if you spend...
The True Story Behind That Midge Maisel-Sophie Lennon Rivalry
Yes, Mrs. Maisel is ending soon, but there's always reality. "One of Midge Maisel's primary foils on the show — Sophie Lennon, played with...
Australia Is, For Some Reason, In The Midst Of A Handmade Ceramics Boom
Sure, some people are making midlife career changes, but for others, it's social media - and the coronavirus, as with a young potter whose...
What The Amazon-MGM Deal Means For Streaming
Amazon is trying to figure out how to take on Disney and WarnerMedia, probably with Rocky and James Bond spinoffs. The result, says one...
Author NoViolet Bulawayo On The Power Of Literature, And The Responsibility Of A Writer
The murder of George Floyd, and the protests, prompted her to rethink her own responsibilities. She says, "There are generations of freedom fighters who...
The Psychological History Of How, And Why, We Buy Stuff
Ideas and ways of shopping "fall by the wayside and then return at a later date in new guises or with new names. They...
Drive My Car Is Just A Movie About Grief And Love, Says Its Director
Just a multiple Oscar nominee and multiple other award-winning movie about grief and love, that is. "The last Japanese film-maker to be nominated for...
A Ukrainian Dancer Has Died Of Injuries Suffered From Russian Artillery Fire
"The 43-year-old principal dancer with the National Opera of Ukraine is the latest of several celebrities in the country that have been killed since...
Humans Can Only Experience Time In One Direction
Luckily, writing is different: "In poetry and in prose, time can warp, twist, and buckle." - The Atlantic
Should The Getty Return A Possibly Looted Piece To Pompeii?
It's a beautiful fragment, but "Prof Christos Tsirogiannis has a photograph of the same fresco fragment from the archive of Robert Hecht who died...
CODA Wins Producers Guild Award
The win has thrown "the race for this year’s best picture Oscar into chaos" as Academy Awards voting continues. It's possible that ranked-choice voting...
Peter Bowles, Longtime Character Actor And Star Of ‘To The Manor Born,’ Has Died...
A very British tale: "In a six-decade career, Mr. Bowles, who was the son of servants and grew up without indoor plumbing, appeared in...
Disney Apologizes Again, This Time For Hosting A Racist Dance Set
The dance performance "from a Texas high school’s drill team was laden with Native American stereotypes, including repeated chants of 'scalp them!'" - The...
Arrests Made In France After Equipment Thefts From ‘Lupin’ Set
Yes, it's ironic because Lupin is about a "gentleman thief" - but this group of about 20 youths who swarmed the set, setting off...
The World Of Stand-Up Comedy – In France
"There are only four clubs in France that follow the English-speaking stand-up tradition, with a lineup of several comedians each night. Generally, solo shows...
The Really Boring, Fairly Bad Art Of The Coronavirus
Our aesthetics just can't keep up. "The visual monotony of the crisis has put art departments at news organizations in a pinch. How do...
The Underground Art Museum In Los Angeles Has Closed
"Nearly ten years after the beloved cultural organization began, developing into one of the country’s leading venues for Black art, its two directors have...
Disney, Slightly Chastened, Has Restored A Queer Kiss To An Upcoming Movie
"In Pixar’s next film, Lightyear, a queer character named Hawthorne, voiced by Uzo Aduba, was originally depicted kissing a woman, according to a source close...
Who Won The National Book Critics Circle Awards?
A book of short stories by a young Cambodian American who died before his book came out, a first novel about coming of age...
What Happened To Franck’s Smash Hit Symphony?
OK, smash hit in that it was an absolute standard of the repertory for many orchestras - until it disappeared. "The variety of conductors...
Vimeo Walks Back Its Policy Shift That Suddenly Charged Indie Creators Thousands Of Dollars
Good apology, but "it’s worth noting that these changes won’t necessarily make Vimeo a better option for the creators that were hit with high...
There’s Never Just One
William Hurt's former partner Donna Kaz adds her voice to the discussion about surviving abuse from a famous partner. "You have to understand something...
