“This summer’s three biggest relatively high-brow, low-budget horror films — Maxxxine, Longlegs, and Cuckoo — represent a move toward big moods. … A horror movie doesn’t have to be smart to be enjoyable, but is it unfair to ask them to at least not be so dim?" - The Verge
Churchill was not one to enjoy being out of power, and perhaps abandoned the Conservative Party leadership behind the scenes. But his “love of painting, both as a hobby and a fan, remained a sustaining pleasure.” - The Observer (UK)
The law, which will be appealed again, “bans any titles that describe sexual acts from K-12 schools, with the exception of religious texts. The law also limits instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity before seventh grade.” - The New York Times
London police and security firms have no idea what to do with Banksy artworks (read about what happened to the sixth piece) - which may be why the seventh piece is piranhas on a police call box. - The Guardian (UK)
“Some observers view breaking’s evolution as most apparent in the development of its female athletes, a far cry from the early days when male gatekeepers sidelined women who wanted to throw down.” - The New York Times
“We seem to be torn between two approaches to the role of the arts in American life — whether we need a narrowly political approach at times of crisis, or whether we have faith in the chaotic, democratic possibilities of unrestrained speech and art.” - The New York Times
“Music appears so much earlier in human history than money, let alone the music industry. We’ve found all sorts of other reasons to make music anyway.” - Vox
“Adelaide festival management confirmed on Friday it will post a deficit, just a week after the unexpected departure of its artistic director.” The good part? They say the loss was due to free events - and the festival has enough in reserves to make it up. - The Guardian (UK)
The most recent post on DBDT’s Instagram is an audition call. “All of it comes after filed unfair labor practice charges last weekend against DBDT, Dallas’ oldest continuously operating professional dance company.” - Dallas Morning News (MSN)
“Before the rash of streamers elbowed in, the landscape had been dominated by HBO and, later, by Comedy Central.” Then Netflix opened its bankbook. - The Hollywood Reporter (MSN)
For vanessa german, “one of the threads that connects her varied interests is a belief that art can restore our capacities to love ourselves and our communities — but only after we confront traumas and injustices.” - The New York Times
“Why riddle a puzzle? And yet that’s what the Voynich did, over and over again. The moment you felt you were getting somewhere, it coiled in on itself, retreating from your grasp, into another disguise.” - The Atlantic
And Paris isn’t trying to hide it. “'I haven’t seen anything quite like this,’ says Jules Boykoff, a professor and former professional soccer player who studies the impact of the Olympics on marginalized communities. ’Typically, hostile architecture is more subtle.’” - Wired
