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The Oscar Race’s First Villain
“Superficially, at least, Hamnet fits better in the traditional mold of Oscars-friendly fare.” And that’s what scares fans of Sinners and One Battle After Another. -...
One Museum That Won’t Whitewash History
“But museum officials and civic leaders in Atlanta said providing an unvarnished depiction of the movement required a renewed level of perseverance in the...
AI Translation Is Nowhere Near Good Enough For Travel
“Each of these devices requires time, patience, and ideally, a solid internet connection. You need to predownload language pairs to ensure offline capability. You...
The Costume Designer For Frankenstein Looked To Prince And David Bowie For Inspiration
Of course, Kate Hawley also “looked at Lord Bryon. ‘He’s an artist finding his muse. He’s not a scientist in the way that we...
Gillian Tindall, Author Who Wrote About What Lies Beneath The Present, Has Died At...
Tindall’s The Fields Beneath: The History of One London Village “(1977) was a wonderfully discursive portrait of a community that Mary Shelley had described...
Why One Bowdoin Professor’s Mantra Is Never Talk To The New York Times
“If you have enough money to get somebody, anybody, to produce a white paper for you, which you can then put on some think-tank...
The Costumers Behind Your Favorite Ballet Are Sewing As Fast As They Can
The Boston Ballet’s Howard Merlin: “During the dress rehearsal, something looks really, really bad. … It’s my job to make sure it looks really,...
Theatre Might Just Want To Be Everybody’s Church
“There’s an inherent theatricality to church, and a furtive spirituality to theater. In form, they’re similar: Everybody crowds into a room, usually sits facing...
Mavis Staples Says That Her Long Singing Career Keeps A Light Shining
“There are some things going on in the US that are not pleasing to me, but I keep my head up. I turn on...
Is It At All Worth Going To The Cinema Anymore?
Bob Mondello says yes: "I love seeing movies in a theater, and if I can possibly avoid watching them at home, I do. ......
Will This Silent-Film Era Instrument Disappear?
"A cousin to self-playing player pianos, photoplayers automatically play music read out of perforated piano rolls. During their slim heyday — from their invention...
Dear Writers, If You Use AI To ‘Fix’ Your Writing, You Are An Ass
“Writing can terrify us, confuse us, devastate us. Good writing means that you’re engaging with practices that will force you to lean into things...
Workers At The Studio That Makes Grand Theft Auto Allege Union Busting
Rockstar Games fired a bunch of folks last week. “According to the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), all of the employees fired...
In Possibly The Most German Moment Ever, ‘Grumpy Guide’ Museum Tours Sell Out
If you want to be yelled at for your art historical ignorance by an “aggressive” guide, get your kink on in Düsseldorf. "Asked to...
Some Of The Creepiest Locations In Britain
Not even counting the numerous Doctor Who locations (to be fair, many are in Wales), “England's historic buildings and landscapes ‘provide an essential ingredient...
Pour One Out For The Zune, Which Somehow Never Threatened The IPod
Microsoft really tried. “It had a bunch of interface design ideas that are still very present in our lives today. The universe in which the...
British Teens, And Adults, Are In Love With Literary Angst
For instance: “Turkish author Sabahattin Ali’s 1943 novel Madonna in a Fur Coat, first published by Penguin in 2016, has rocketed this year, selling almost 30,000 copies in...
The Box Office Had A Record-Smashing (Bad) October
"Overall revenues for the month were tragic, with $425 million across all titles, the worst collective haul since October 1997.” - Variety
Honestly, The Architecture Of The White House Was Simply An Honor System
Yes, you can blame the man who destroyed that honor system, but it could have been set up quite a bit differently. - The...
How Did This Tiny Theatre Become Such A Powerhouse Los Angeles Destination?
“In a city where the so-called Theater Row has more ‘For Lease’ signs than marquees, New Theater Hollywood feels improbable. Yet since opening in...
What’s Up With Our Fixation On Disability As A Marker For Horror?
“While physical beauty is often conflated with a character’s moral goodness, villains have historically been associated with disability or disfigurement: facial scarring, wheelchair use, limb difference.” - The Guardian...
The Making Of A New Hedda
“Joking that she had probably watched Robert Altman’s Gosford Park too many times, DaCosta said that she set the action in 1950s England because of...
The Three Musicians Who Make Up This Wildly Popular Band Hadn’t Even Met Before...
The three solo artists who make up Huntr/x recorded their now-platinum album alone. Then they went on The Tonight Show and got asked to...
The Politically Trenchant Movies Of An African Animation Pioneer
Alassane Moustapha, a filmmaker from Niger, was “as much a multimedia artist as a cineaste, he took an idiosyncratic approach to folkloric storytelling.”...
The Past Is Never Dead, Despite Attempts To Devalue Historical Fiction
While some in the literary world are snobs, one author says she considers the best of historical fiction “a lens forged from the experience...
