How A Hardline Evangelical Christian Childhood Can Lead To Mainlining Supernatural Horror As An...
“With his insistence on seeing only god’s will in the Catholic vs. Protestant religious wars of his Europe, Luther reminds me of nothing...
Along With The Entire East Wing, The White House’s Movie Theatre Is Now Destroyed
“The 42-seat luxurious movie theater a place where countless presidents, their families or staff have screened any movie of their choosing, whether the...
It’s Getting Harder And Harder To Take OpenAI Seriously
Curing cancer? Hm, not so fast. “Slop, memes, and sex seem like such a comedown from OpenAI’s carefully cultivated reputation as an ambitious but...
The Administration’s Pressure On Museums Will Soon Be An All-Out Assault
Museums are not ready. “Censorship corrodes trust in complex ways. … Solidarity is mostly lacking in the museum world, where the strategy so far...
The Chinese Artist Who Creates AI Slop By Hand
It was amazing at first. But “Mu says he doesn’t have any immediate plans to make another Sora imitation, partially because the video quality...
Guillermo Del Toro Says He’d ‘Rather Die’ Than Use Generative AI
“My concern is not artificial intelligence, but natural stupidity. I think that's what drives most of the world's worst features. But I did want...
Longing To Watch An Art Heist Movie For Louvre Reasons?
Some of the great ones — minus Ocean’s 8, which, hm, wonder why — are on this long list, for your autumn and winter...
Can Broadway Truly Be Captured On Film?
Good question, one that 1948’s biopic about Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart - Words and Music, starring Mickey Rooney as a heterosexual Hart -...
Vampire Epidemiology, Axe Murder, Smoking On the Hindenburg: The Finalists For Oddest Book Title...
“A history of an “unruly appendage”, a look at the sadly neglected post-war Montreal erotic art scene and a scientific tome tackling whether fish...
In Her Day, This Artist’s Paper Cuttings Outsold Rembrandt And She Was Famous All...
Joanna Koerten was regularly visited by nobles and even royalty; a contemporary poet compared her skill with paper to Michelangelo’s with paint; one of...
Study: Podcasting Listenership Is Heavily Dependent On Who The Host Is
Eight in ten listeners say the host is one of the main reasons they listen to their favorite show, and more than half would...
Lessons From A Failed Utopia Near Phoenix
Located about 70 miles north of Phoenix, Arcosanti is the only “arcology” — Paolo Soleri’s portmanteau for compact, self-sufficient communities that fuse architecture and...
Pitchfork Is Experimenting With Reader Ratings
Pitchfork has historically been a one-sided affair. While it ran the occasional reader poll, there was no way for readers to directly voice their opinion on...
A Major New Center For Circus Arts Opens In Melbourne
“Circus Centre Melbourne, originally designed as a home for Circus Oz, has reopened as a home for the broader contemporary circus and physical theatre...
YouTube Paid The Music Industry $8 Billion In The Past Year
“Today’s $8 billion payout is a testament to the fact that the twin engine of ads and subscriptions is firing on all cylinders,” said...
Symbolically, The White House Is…
The White House was never meant to be a palace, nor the Oval Office a throne room. The East Wing was the living artery...
Why It Doesn’t Bother Me That My Students Are Using AI
It seems wrongheaded to feel wistful for a time when students had far less information at their fingertips. And who can blame them for...
Japanese Museum To Sell Treasures To Pay Off $50M Legal Debt
Sotheby’s said the items to be sold are estimated to draw bids in excess of $50 million. Any extra proceeds not needed to retire...
Surrealism Wasn’t Just About Art And Literature; It Was About Radical Politics, Too
“Overcoming the contradiction between dream and reality, (Breton and his fellow Surrealists) believed, would complement the class struggle between the global proletariat and its...
Opportunity Knocks: German Company Whose Ladder Was Used In Louvre Heist Wants To Sell...
“When you’re in a hurry, the Böcker Agilo carries your heavy treasures,” the ad boasted under a photo of the lift parked outside the...
Kennicott: Why Images Of The White House Being Torn Apart Are So Shocking
There are subtle differences between the images of authoritarians and elected leaders, in body language and other details. Is the leader acting as a...
Why Horror Movies Keep Evolving To Scare Us
By playing with metaphor, imagery and narrative, horror has always addressed hard truths about death, decay and the human condition that mainstream productions tend...
Is Netflix Going To Use AI To Make Movies Or Not? It’s Trying To...
Co-CEO Ted Sarandos told Wall Street analysts the company is excited “to leverage new technical capabilities as they come online” in advertising and product...
A New Opera House For Hanoi, Designed By Renzo Piano
“Isola Della Musica will be situated on a newly-built square island between Hanoi's West Lake and Đam Tri Lake. … Renzo Piano Building Workshop and PTW...
San Diego’s Old Globe Theater At 90
“Today, the Globe is thriving as San Diego’s oldest and largest theater organization, offering performances … for more than 250,000 people a year. …...
