The Mumbai Cooperative Subverting Cellphone Videos And Surveillance Footage Into Art
The CAMP founders: “You had 100 hours of footage for a 60-minute film. That was really the reason for building a non-state archive, and...
Should A Fashion Company Produce Movies?
If Emilia Pérez doesn’t win much tonight, at least it looks good: "Saint Laurent clothes played pivotal roles in the wardrobes of various characters,...
Please Stop It With The ‘They Were Due’ Oscars Narrative
“Does it bother me that Saoirse Ronan doesn’t have an Oscar? Yes. ... She should have won for Brooklyn, Lady Bird, Little Women, all...
Merle Oberon Was Very Far Ahead Of Her Time
“Through her work, she was an early—if accidental—proponent of so-called color-blind casting, in which a performer’s race does not limit the parts available to...
Antonine Maillet, Writer Who Brought Attention To Canada’s Acadian Population, Has Died At 95
Maillet “shaped a new literary language for an isolated French-speaking minority, becoming the first non-European to win France’s most prestigious literary prize.” - The...
Macron Brings Attention To Plight Of French-Algerian Writer
“French president Emmanuel Macron has said he is concerned about the 'arbitrary detention’ and health of Boualem Sansal, days after the French-Algerian author began a...
There Is No Obit That Can Successfully Convey How Much Peter Elbow, Who Died...
“Professor Elbow contended that indoctrinating freshmen to think and write in an inflexible, formulaic style — with the teacher as the only audience member...
The Golden Globes Drop Into Oscars Weekend With A Surprising Annoucement
Suddenly, voting members learned, they “will no longer be paid salaries as does away with a controversial element of how its voting body...
The Next Big Architecture Movie?
Baroque-Back Mountain, anyone? - The New York Times
Reading Books As A Bulwark Against Grief
“I wanted to gather my physical books into a wall – or better yet, a cave – around me that would both protect me...
The Year When The Oscars Narrative Ate The Oscars
“In the past, there were two basic species of Oscar narrative.” Now? Anything can happen. - Variety
Remembering The Halcyon Days Of Skype
Microsoft is shutting the app down in May. “But although Skype will be gone, the memories it evokes — not to mention the sound...
A New Age Of Iranian Cinema, On Display At The Oscars
“In a collective act of civil disobedience and inspired by the 2022 women-led uprising in Iran and many women’s continued defiance of restrictive social laws, Iranian...
Guggenheim Museum Lays Off 20 Staff Amid Worsening Financial Condition
The cuts are spread over six departments, including advancement, education, publications and archives, but do not affect curators and top executives. - The New York...
A Classical Music Guide To Dewokifying Your DEI Music
Yes, thanks to recent political and cultural developments, we now have the freedom to appreciate the work of various American heroes in a new,...
Change And Continuity At The World’s Oldest Active Theatre Company
A new director (formal title: general administrator) will soon be taking up his position (one appointed by no less than the French President) at...
Can Saudi Arabia Successfully Market Its Pre-Islamic Past After Decades Of Suppressing It?
The kingdom’s status as the birthplace of Islam is the very basis of its identity; as such, its pre-Islamic past was largely taboo. Yet...
The Atlanta Public Art Project That Just Works
With more than 100 sculptures, art installations and murals, the Atlanta Beltline is the largest outdoor public art collection in the Southeast. It’s one...
A Weird Thing About This Year’s Movie Oscar Nominees
This year’s 10 feel, largely, like a lawless batch of movies made by filmmakers who, I imagine, might be surprised to find themselves in...
Does A Fast-Growing Fringe Theatre Circuit Obviate Edinburgh Fringe’s Relevance?
Many of these shows started at the Edinburgh Fringe. However, hang around the environs of Adelaide Fringe’s artist hubs and you will soon hear...
Doubleday Launches New Imprint Of Literary Trade Paperbacks
“Outsider Editions plans to reissue underappreciated literary works of all genres — including novels, story collections, memoirs, and essay collections — in an effort...
“The Hunger Games” Is Now A High-Tech Immersive Play
A new 1,200-seat venue in London’s Canary Wharf is being purpose-built to house the production, with a script adapted by playwright Conor McPherson (The...
Was There Ever A Festival Disaster As Epic As The Fyre Festival? Well, Welcome...
Whatever you think about the first Fyre – with its limp cheese sandwiches, its disaster-relief-tent accommodation, the absence of advertised headliners, the $26m of...
They Say AI Is Beating Humans At Tasks. But Is The Game Rigged?
It’s true that in several prominent studies, researchers have staged “competitions” in which AI technology appears to outperform humans in these very human areas....
Author Joseph Wambaugh, 88
Before Mr. Wambaugh’s era as a writer, which began in 1971, police dramas like the television series “Dragnet” were implausible stories about clean-cut heroes...
