“The most interesting and fun part of this convention is away from the stage. There are hundreds of RVs, and there are jam sessions everywhere where people trade songs, musical tips.” - NPR
A zero percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes is like a 90 percent for some movie fans - a must-watch. Why? “Truly atrocious movies are preferable to those that are simply forgettable.” - BBC
Er, that was a fast update. “The new text makes minor changes to — and offers slightly fewer details than — the temporary signage.” - Washington Post (Yahoo)
But how would Austen handle one of today’s extremely normal plot lines: “If marriage is the ultimate accomplishment, or if your accomplishments all amount to marriageability, what does that mean for you if your marriage ends?” - LitHub
“Unfortunately, the audience for book reviews is relatively low and we can no longer sustain the time it takes to plan, coordinate, write and edit reviews.” - Media Nation
From Mexico’s 1976 Canoa to France’s Age of Panic from 2013, critics choose the films that show their countries, at their best, worst, and most complicated. - The Guardian (UK)
The exhibit is on state violence and resistance, and “some of the censored works reference China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other primarily Muslim ethnic groups.” - Hyperallergic
“Los Angeles is a city of constant change — it reinvents itself, tearing down old buildings and putting up new ones. Hollywood is also in constant flux and turmoil. Maybe Hollywood is processing its own anxieties about change and inflicting upon its hometown.” - Los Angeles Times
In English, that is (oh, and Spanish as well). “Could the now dominant mythological and scientific ‘Metamorphosis’ eventually give way to the aptly unadorned and existentially suggestive ‘Transformation?’” - LitHub
We know what real, and terrifying, cancel culture and real corporate capitulation look like now, thanks to Paramount Global, law firms, and a certain president. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
Matthew Christopher Pietras “found himself eagerly courted by institutions that are desperate to find new generations of young patrons. He was invited to join the board of the Met Opera and began sponsoring galas.” Then things went horribly, tragically awry. - The New York Times
Celebrity can be weird these days: “The 37-year-old actor has for years now been a subject of TikTok thirst edits and calls for him to nab the lead in the most anticipated book-to-screen adaptations of the day.” And yet, reality. - Slate
