When Male Euro Directors Try To Go English-Language
Sometimes it works (Wim Wenders, possibly Pedro Almodóvar), and sometimes … hm, you get “European art films in American drag.” - The New York...
Can Literary Prizes Survive Sponsor Protests?
Well: “Writers are not content for their talents and their hard work to be used to generate positive publicity for companies who are engaged...
The Unwritten Rule That Shapes Oscar Campaigns
“When a movie has two primary characters, how do campaigns decide who goes in lead and who goes supporting?” - Vulture
Apparently, There’s A Cultural Backlash To American Machismo
And that’s “noodle boys” - young, white, floppy-haired, and un-pumped. “There is clearly an appetite for male stars who don’t look as if they...
A Town In Oregon Begs Residents To Stop Putting Googly Eyes On Public Sculptures
In Bend, Oregon, “there have been previous reports of sculptures being decorated with Christmas garb in the past, but the googly eyes are a...
Does Netflix’s Move Into Holiday Rom-Coms Make Cents?
Hot Frosty is far from the end of Christmas programming. "It doesn't matter that the audience has seen some version of that story 1,000...
The Guardian’s Favorite Classical Music Recordings Of 2024
Aside from Yunchan Lim and Vilde Frang, a notable (if challenging) development is that “the age of the all-star studio-made opera recording is very...
In Glasgow, A New Way To Support Small Music Venues
A £1 charge on tickets to the largest music venue is the way, the town council believes. - BBC
Jerome Kohn, Who Guarded The Legacy Of Hannah Arendt, Has Died At 93
Kohn “devoted his career to decoding, defending and disseminating the work of Hannah Arendt,” ensuring her work was in the public eye even as...
Musicians Forced To Cancel Concert After Air Canada Won’t Take Cello On Board
British musicians Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason bought a ticket for Sheku’s cello, but Air Canada said no way. That forced the siblings, who were...
If You’re Good At Reading, Your Brain May Be Different
But it’s not just a larger temporal lobe that correlates to reading - it’s also the auditory cortex. “Isn’t reading mainly a visual skill?...
The Performance Art Of Sign Language Poetry
Sign language poetry, which is similar to but not the same as American Sign Language, is "a well-established artistic form within Deaf culture that...
How A Classic Lily Tomlin Film Finally Found Its Way Back To The Public
“Tomlin is proudest of the live Broadway production, but grateful that the 1991 film has been restored. ‘You’re never satisfied,’ she said. ‘That’s...
Rick Steves Still Loves Getting Out Into A World That He, Yes, Still Loves
“Culture shock is a constructive thing. It’s the growing pains of a broadening perspective. ... I want to go home a little bit different,...
Why We’re Stuck With The Figurative Use Of The Word “Literally”
"By the 16th century, intensity rather than trueness had become the word very’s primary sense, through a process (called) 'semantic bleaching.' Interestingly, words whose...
Canberra Youth Theatre Takes A Drastic Step To Survive
The decision to pause all productions in 2025 will have a significant impact on performance opportunities for young people. It also means a major...
The Trocks — Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo — At 50
"The troupe never strayed from its comedic roots but has evolved in other ways. … The quality of dancing is much higher than it...
How Daniel Dennett Changed How Philosophers Think
Dennett was important because his work signalled a sea change in the concerns and methods employed by philosophers of mind. In the years BD...
Sotheby’s Cuts 100 NY Staff After Lower Financial Earnings
In an email statement, a Sotheby’s spokesperson said, “Given the challenges the market has faced this year, we’ve taken a careful look at our...
Boston NPR Station WBUR Cancels Its Only Entirely Local News Show
Eight months after cutting 14% of its staff, WBUR is eliminating "Radio Boston," a one-hour weekday show focused on local and regional affairs. Management...
Ruby Slippers From “The Wizard Of Oz” Sell For $28 Million
Heritage Auctions, based in Dallas, slapped a $3 million estimate on the slippers. Pre-sale bidding had taken the price up to $1.55 million before fierce...
There Is No “True Meaning” Of A Song
When an artist is inevitably asked “what’s the meaning behind this song?” and they give a literal answer, it immediately closes down the different...
Report: UK Visual Artists Are Making Less Than Minimum Wage
The median annual income for self-employed visual artists currently stands at just £12,500, 40% less in real terms than they were earning in 2010....
Even In California, Culture Wars Over Children’s Books Have Sales Down And Librarians Scared
"After years of battles in school and public libraries, the campaign by conservative-leaning 'parent rights' groups has succeeded in casting a nationwide chill over...
Pew Study: Half Of All Teens Are Constantly Online
Nearly half of teens in the U.S. are online almost constantly, and the platform they’re using the most is YouTube, a new study from the Pew...
