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Rebuilding Cultural Identity, Through Film And Words, In Zimbabwe
Tstisi Dangarembga, novelist and filmmaker: “We are never completely free; we have moments of freedom. Freedom is a desire. Achieving it requires us to...
Robert Barnett, Master Of The High-Profile, High-Money Book Deal, Has Died At 79
“Barnett wielded enormous influence in the market for political memoirs and helped to usher in the era of megadeals. He got eye-popping advances for...
A New Virginia Woolf Book Is Coming Out, Merely 84 Years After Her Death
Hurray for research! “The archivist led her into a reading room and handed her a cream-coloured box. She lifted the lid, hands shaking, and...
Some Science Fiction Writers Want To Return To An Earlier Era
How about this one, from 1929? “In Out of the Void, Stone didn’t imagine the future so much as she imagined a different present. Imagine, she asked...
Ballet Helped This Olympics Star Win Her First World Championship
Valerie Allman: "I grew up dancing. That was my first love and I never expected that there would be such a parallel between dance...
Why Marilynne Robinson Writes About Beauty, And Faith
“The beauty, the moral authority, of high Christian tradition is just very persuasive. The beauty of it all seems right. It seems as if...
Why Is Horror Having Such A Moment? Ask The Authors
“We have been living in a moment of constant crisis and existential dread for years now. Many use this as the reason horror is...
The Seven Steps To Being A Good Literary Citizen
Those who love books in this rough time should probably do a little more to keep the literary community going. For instance: “Give yourself...
A Statue Of Trump And Epstein Won’t Get A Permit For Reinstallation On The...
Perhaps unsurprisingly, “The National Park Service denied a second permit to reinstall the controversial statue, which featured a plaque reading, ‘We celebrate the long-lasting...
How John Leguizamo Gets Ready For His Nights At The Theatre
“I try to write at least two hours every day, if not longer. Writing is my favorite part of the day. It’s my creativity...
A Judge In Britain Throws Out Terrorism Case Against Irish Rap Group Kneecap’s Mo...
“'The charge is unlawful and null and this court has no jurisdiction to try the charge,’ the judge said to cheers from the...
What The Heck Is ‘VistaVision,’ And Why Should Moviegoers Care?
VistaVision is a selling point of the new Leonardo DiCaprio One Battle After Another, or at least that’s the public relations push. “A TV set...
Restoring The Sound Of William Faulkner’s Piano
The musician who rescued the piano says, "The irony is we want in their original state. … But to keep them in their...
Frida, Before And Beyond Diego
“Just three blocks from Casa Azul, the new museum centers on the artist’s family and her origins. It’s intended to be a prequel of...
Quick-Read Kissing Books In Nice Covers Is The New Name Of The Romance Game
831 Books truly, deeply understands its audience (you know, the audience whose dollars fund all other publishing?). “You love holding a book that almost...
No, Progressive Casting In Films Doesn’t Lose Money
And in some cases? It’s a great idea for box office receipts, or so a new study show. - The Guardian (UK)
Sure, It’s A Masterpiece, But Did Brueghel Actually Approve Of His Painting?
The thing is, “we know dismayingly little about Bruegel, given his greatness.” - Washington Post (MSN)
Ronald Perelman Sued For Money After His Paintings Survived A House Fire, Apparently Unscathed
The judge was not sympathetic; nor was he super friendly to the insurance company. But how are the Twomblys? - The New York Times
The Vancouver Symphony Is Now On Strike
“The union says more than 97 per cent of its members voted in July in favour of job action after its last offer to...
Disney Investors Are Now Calling To Investigate The Kimmel Decision
That is, the one to take the popular host off the air. - The Guardian (UK)
The Film Industry Is Acknowledging That Older People Exist
Which, given the size of the Boomer generation, is great. But there are still some issues - mostly issues of stereotyping and sentimentality. Consider...
What Happens To Artists’ Studios After They Die?
If their heirs or estate is lucky, there’s enough money to simply keep the studio as is. “In Europe these spaces are often accessible...
A Rough Weekend For The US Box Office
Well, at least a Taylor Swift movie is coming along in a few weeks. - Seattle Times (AP)
Jimmy Kimmel Embraced The Real, Weird, Gritty Hollywood
“Ever since he began filming at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in 2003, Kimmel has been one of the famed neighborhood’s biggest ambassadors. He...
Remembering Portland’s Classical Music Critic, David Stabler, Who Has Died At 72
Stabler, an energetic, generous, elegant writer, was part of a particularly strong era at The Oregonian, when art, architecture, music, book, theatre, and many...
