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Mississippi Masala, Thirty Years On
"The movie’s deep, sometimes unnervingly honest explorations of racism ― not to mention colorism, white supremacy, colonialism and displacement ― still feel groundbreaking 30...
The Artists Of Ukraine Deal With The War In A Variety Of Ways
Kinder Album says, "Now I need to draw, I don’t have time to think, I need to express the feelings of the moment, because...
Jennifer Egan Loves Doing The Work To Promote Her Books
Why not, she says - there’s no reason not to work just as hard promoting your book as you did writing it. "The worst...
Making Films In Iran To Elude A Feeling Of Total Despair
Panah Panahi is the son of acclaimed, and officially stifled, filmmaker Jafar Panahi. "No matter how hard you try to be positive and go...
Who Gets To Decide How A Theatre Audience ‘Should’ Act?
Critic Marty Hughley responds to an opinion piece by the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and he's fine with audiences quieting the...
Keeping Languages Alive Through Spelling Bees
For Alaskans whose people's languages are Yup'ik and Iñupiak, "the spelling bee gives students the opportunity to practice reading and writing a language they...
You Don’t Have To Forget Your Troubles To Get Happy
If people want to be happier, there are research-backed ways to do it - including "Search for transcendent truths beyond your narrow day-to-day life," and...
Martin Scorsese Wants Us To See Restored Classic Movies
And he wants it enough to launch a whole project, with Film Foundation, to show one each month for free. (Which, let's face it,...
And The Winner Of The Streaming Wars May Be
Wait ... AT&T? Looks like they got out of streaming just in time. - Variety
How Do You Follow Up A Smash Hit First Novel?
You throw your second one in the (metaphorical) trash can, of course. - The Guardian (UK)
Joyce DiDonato Takes On A Big Role
That is, battling climate change. "If the result is more mystical than activist, DiDonato’s aim remains, as her liner notes say, a prompt for...
How To Help Netflix Fix Itself
The first big streaming network has been coasting - and it can no longer afford to coast. - The Verge
BookTok Is Driving A Rise In Book Purchasing At Stores And Shops Across The...
Sales rose 5% in the UK, for instance. BookTokkers, aka TikTok users, are "replicating the time-honoured sales method that bookshop staff have often...
Libraries Embrace Their Status As Public Square
And that includes using - and celebrating - the space around the library. They're people places (even if the use of library apps has...
The Movie Saving Indie Movie Theatres Right Now
Arthouses are in trouble (see the previous article). But Everything Everywhere All at Once is proving surprisingly robust - and what makes it "a...
Can Indie Movie Houses Survive The Pandemic?
It's not easy because older audiences just aren't coming back. Yet operators are starting to be a bit more optimistic. "The opportunity to see...
COVID Postpones Tony Awards Nominations
But - so far! - not the awards themselves. - The New York Times
Be Careful Of Pump-Up Jams
No, truly. Just look at Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos infamy. No, we can't do anything and be anyone and go anywhere etc. Not even...
Ballerinas Are Athletes
And so experts are helping them, along with athletes from other arenas entirely, learn to avoid injury. Aside from the art, the biggest difference:...
How A Movie Is Helping Heal Generational Trauma
The writers of Everything Everywhere All at Once wrote that the movie "was a dream about reconciling all of the contradictions, making sense of...
A Thirty Year Old Dispute About A Centuries Old Fresco Shows No Signs Of...
An Italian court says the Piero della Francesca work must be returned to the hilltop church where it was painted in 1460. The mayor...
Vladimir Sorokin Says Russian Writers Must Fight Back Against Totalitarianism
Sorokin: "A Russian writer has two options: Either you are afraid, or you write. ... I write." - The New York Times
Comedians Like Bill Maher And Dave Chappelle Are Obsessed With Their Haters
And, quite frankly, it's ruining their comedy. "That isn’t just bad for public discourse—it’s bad for a mainstream comedy landscape that too rarely spotlights...
The Weight Of Confederacy Statue Removal Rests On One Company’s Shoulders
Devon Henry "has emerged as the go-to statue remover not only for , but for all of Virginia and other parts of the South."...
A Unifying Theory Of The Musical One-Hit Wonder
Here's the deal: "Being very different from the mainstream is really, really bad for your likelihood of initially making a hit when you’re not...
