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Michel Del Castillo, Who Published A Vivid, Child-Aged Account Of The Holocaust, Has Died...
“Holocaust scholar Richard Plant said 'begins where Anne Frank’s diary ended.’ With its graphic account of privation, suffering and death in French and...
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Says Acting Has Saved Her
And by that, the Nickel Boys actor means, “If I hadn’t been able to filter my insistence on justice, and the rage that I...
Why Global Audiences Fell For Indian Cinema This Year
“As Bollywood struggled to find its footing, smaller films by Indian women that told nuanced stories made headlines in the country and across the...
Learning Something New From Your Kid About Your Favorite Music
“Watching someone you love enjoy something has a way of dispelling snobbery." - Los Angeles Times
Just How Much Criterion Channel Does Pamela Anderson Watch?
“I watch every night before I go to bed. I love Godard and Fellini and Herzog and Cassavetes. And Gena Rowlands — she’s my favorite actress.” - The New York Times
Olivia Hussey, Who Was Juliet In 1968, Has Died At 73
“Hussey won the best new actress Golden Globe for her part as Juliet, but decades later she sued Paramount Pictures for sexual abuse as...
Rewatching Films For Kids To Regain A Sense Of Joy Might Lead Down Some...
“There is less time for impulsiveness and joy, and the bar that Andrews sets as Maria or Mary Poppins can feel unattainable when you’re...
Turns Out That People Really Like Movies Based On Fan Fiction
Critics might never see them, and certainly never review them, but “these films are often huge successes for streaming services like Prime Video and...
Ruth Butler, Who Brought Artists’ Muses To Life, Has Died At 93
Butler, who became fascinated by portraits of Rodin’s wife Rose, “was determined to tell not just Rose’s story but those of the muses and...
Disney Officially Killed This Game In 2013, But A Group Of Teen Fans Kept...
For the teens at the time, "The thought was mostly like, this will be a fun little experiment. We'll learn some stuff. Maybe we'll...
At The End Of The Year, Theatre Fans Should Tune Into This Streamer
Jessica Lange isn’t playing Chekhov, exactly, but in (HBO) MAX's The Great Lillian Hall, she is playing an actor who’s in Cherry Orchard -...
Audiobooks Really Took Off In 2024
That’s partially due to Spotify - but the service only pays authors when listeners finish a book, so despite the increase in listenership, it...
The Real Scenes Of New York Behind Sean Baker’s Movie Anora
“Starting at the strip club in Midtown and wending around the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn, past the Parkview Diner, Coney Island and Brighton Beach...
Indian Time, A Newspaper That Straddled Nations, Has Published Its Final Edition
"The shuttering of Indian Time closes the final chapter on a legacy of journalism in this Haudenosaunee community, which sits 120 kilometres west of Montreal, stretching...
Reading Books In High School Is Actually Good For Everyone
“Whatever you do when you read fiction is commit a small act of empathy. You know, you think about situations that are not like...
Replace Notre Dame’s Classic Windows With Modern Replicas?
Sacre bleu! What is happening? A French artist won "a competition to replace the existing six windows installed by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in 1844...
It’s Public Domain Time For Tintin, Popeye, And A Room Of One’s Own
“Copyright's awesome … but the fact that rights eventually expire, that's a good thing, too, because that's the wellspring for creativity.” - NPR
The Singer Who Takes Inspiration From Sea Shanties
Carmen Souza, a Cape Verdean musician, realized that certain words she knew from her childhood derived from British sailors and merchants who "came for...
Public Broadcasters, Facing The Ire Of Elon Musk, Brace For Huge Funding Battles
“For decades, National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System have overcome similar threats. But this year, 'the attention and intensity’ of the calls...
Lonely? Turn To Schubert
“His music speaks to something timeless: the longing for connection, and the pain at not finding it. He gives voice, and then consolation, to that...
Kirsten Simone, Danish Ballet Star, Has Died At 90
“She was one of the first to transcend the Danish repertoire, making her mark in ballets like Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty and touring...
Can This Medieval British Street Be Saved?
“Choir singers have lived in two handsome terraces of silvery-pink-stoned medieval houses beside Wells Cathedral for more than 650 years. But the gated close – which...
The Art World’s Least Powerful Figures In 2024
"We’re interested in those left in the shadows of the powerful. That’s where the real stories begin.” - Hyperallergic
Why Breaking Didn’t Break Out At The Olympics
“Breaking has evolved greatly since he spun on cardboard in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. Today’s B-boys and B-girls are more diverse, athletic and...
A Game Company Now Must Pay For Manipulating Players To Buy Shiny In-Game Items
Fortnite “customers could ultimately receive $245 million for what the agency called Epic’s use of ‘dark patterns’ to trick millions of players into unwanted...
