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Emma Donoghue ‘Toned Down The Horror’ In Room
Those who read the book or saw the movie may not quite believe it, but the real-life case from which the author drew her...
Can These Movies Save The 2022 Oscars?
Yes, it's a bit early to start placing bets, but still: "There are many nervous insiders hoping the post-pandemic pendulum will swing back toward...
Martin Bookspan, The Voice Of The Lincoln Center, 94
Bookspan realized young that he probably wouldn't make it as a solo violinist, but he brought music to anyone with a radio or TV....
Why American Remakes Of Foreign Films Don’t Always Go To Plan
Art house films in particular bear the marks of their specific directors and writers - and that often doesn't translate (sorry, Another Round and...
The Big Screen Experience Is Unparalleled
No matter what you've got in your house, there's nothing like watching a movie in the theatre with scores of other people. Then there...
Art Frieze New York Is Back, And So Are The Art Parties
Someone even asked, "Are we going to pretend nothing happened?" But no, not at the fair itself: "To gain admittance at the Shed at...
Streamers Ruled The Oscars This Year
Yes, 2020 was a weird year, and the rules for movies to debut in movie theatres were waived, but still: Netflix had seven statues,...
Anthony Hopkins Sure Didn’t Expect To Win, Either
The actor didn't appear on video for his Best Actor win, leaving the Oscars production with a big letdown of an ending. A Los...
Before The Pandemic, Jenny Odell Wrote A Book About Being Stuck In The Doomscroll
So how did the author of How to Do Nothing survive the various self-isolations, lockdowns, and other stay-at-home initiatives before vaccines got their start?...
The Oscars Disrupted Union Station And More
How wild to have a show with Crip Camp nominated for best documentary, a show that prevented disabled people in L.A. from getting to...
Al Young, Former Poet Laureate Of California, 81
Young was an acclaimed poet, but he also wrote novels - and always, always, worked jazz into his readings and his life. And along...
London’s West End Galleries Reopen
And visitors who have been in lockdown number ... infinity? ... and have been absolutely starved for art are more than happy to be...
How Oscar-Winning Director Chloe Zhao Gets Great Performances From Non-Actors
Basically, her subjects tell their stories; she works with those stories and fictionalizes them, and then the subjects act out their fictionalized lives. "The...
Kathie Coblentz, Master New York Librarian, 73
She spoke or could read 13 languages, ran the New York Marathon, and was the third-longest serving employee of the NYPL, where she catalogued...
The Best Way To Predict Our Futures
It's a kind of internal averaging of disparate opinions: "Each of us has an inner crowd, too, with a wisdom of its own." -...
Most People Are Missing The Most Revolutionary Thing About Nomadland’s Win
Yes, Nomadland is only the second movie directed by a woman to win a Best Picture Oscar, and the first Best Picture Oscar to...
The Guy Who’s Crashing Every Library’s Summer Reading Program
By 20-year-old Aaron Yang's estimate, "he's now contacted around a thousand libraries and acquired untold numbers of pencils, stickers and awards." Is ......
Activists Say They’ll Move Protests Inside MoMA
Protests have been going on outside the museum for the last three weeks. "These protests, called 'pop-up deoccupations' in the activists’ parlance — have so far...
Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, 93
Ludwig was most prominently associated with the Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival, but she also sang at the Met. She "rose from...
Hollywood’s Anti-Black Bias Is Costing It Billions Of Dollars A Year
For a supposedly capitalist industry, what the heck? A study found that "America’s film industry is the country’s least diverse business sector and that...
The Oscars, Intimate And Sometimes Surprising
Here are the live updates and the winners list as it happens. - Los Angeles Times
What Math Says About Who Will Win The Oscars Tonight
A dubious proposition, but a possible one: "If numbers or data or statistics can provide any ounce of entertainment, there’s no better time than...
No, No One’s Going To Watch The Oscars
Broadcast TV ratings have been declining for years, and this ceremony will be no different - and won't mean anything about the actual movies...
The International Booker Shortlist Is Out
Ready to read? The shortlist for the international prize, which is for a book translated into English in Britain and Ireland, features a couple...
How To Enjoy Yet Another Online-Ish Awards Show
Embrace the absurdity: "Look, things are going to get weird. There was a small fire within the first 15 minutes of the Emmys. (It...
