Damian Lewis On Being In The Public Eye
“I had a stalker. We had an injunction on her and I thought that everything was safe and then I was on stage doing...
Ireland’s Basic Income For The Arts Is Now Permanent, But What Does It Mean...
In Ireland, despite how often the government uses Irish arts to market the country to tourists, "more than 56 per cent of artists and...
With Lost Boys And Dracula On Broadway, Plus Sinners At The Oscars, Why Are...
“These mythological creatures tap into our anxiety over what would happen if we became otherly human. … As the horror author Grady Hendrix put...
The New Wuthering Heights Treats One Of Its Women Very, Very Badly
“The film Isabella is a narrative tool for Heathcliff rather than developing in her own right. She becomes another victim of ‘fridging,’ a term coined...
South Africa Has Pulled Out Of The Venice Biennale
“The move comes after the country’s right-wing culture minister Gayton McKenzie scrapped a pavilion proposal by artist Gabrielle Goliath and curator Ingrid Masondo.” They said,...
Why Discord’s Age Verification Idea Isn’t Going According To Plan
Hackers discovered the Peter Thiel-backed verification software, Persona, "bundled in an interface that pairs facial recognition with financial reporting – and a parallel implementation...
Rediscovering The Classic Cassette Tape Player
For Spencer Richardson, who finds, repairs, and sells tape players, “his customers include older baby boomers and Gen X‑ers nostalgic for the players of...
Willie Colon, Trombonist And Bandleader, Producer And Composer, Has Died At 75
Colón’s “driving musical energy and mischievous bad-boy image — he was long promoted as ‘El Malo’ — helped made him a luminary of New...
The Berlinale Has Been A Complex Mess Of Politics. Why?
“The Berlinale has gained a reputation as the most overtly political of the major festivals, not only for its programming choices, but for its...
James Cameron Slams Netflix And Weighs In On The Side Of Paramount For Warner...
Cameron even wants the U.S. Senate to block the Netflix bid. Either way, “the clock is ticking, but for those who may not be...
Our Inability To Focus On Books Isn’t A Failing
It’s a design flaw, and it can be fixed. “We have been here before. Not just once, but repeatedly, in a pattern so consistent...
Bow To Trump’s Vision Of The Country If You Want A Grant, Museums And...
“The directive to hew to Trump’s preferences unnerved some grant writers, reviewers and former recipients accustomed to nonpartisanship from the agency, stirring debate over...
AMC Started Playing An AI-Generated ‘Film’ Before Movies, But Had To Stop Almost Immediately
“Some called for boycotts. Some found it insulting that if pre-show screen time were being given to short films, AMC would feature AI-generated content...
From The British Point Of View, What Really Are The BAFTAs Anymore?
One British producer in a year in which exactly one British actor was nominated in the two major acting awards: “The Baftas fall between...
Why The BAFTAs Are Important, From The Point Of View Of The Oscars
If you’re in Hollywood, well, “the BAFTAs are the British movie industry’s major award show and also widely seen as a bellwether for the...
Toni Morrison, And The Power Of Ambiguity
“Fiction has no obligation to dispel ambiguity. It can make use of it—even intensify it—in order to evoke and transform experience. In Beloved, Morrison does take...
When ‘The Pitt’ Wanted To Portray A Rape Kit Collection Storyline, They Called In...
The writers didn’t want to focus on the survivor’s trauma. “The story serves to bolster the emotional arc of the show’s healthcare providers, in...
A New Spirit Of Choreographic Artistry In Olympic Figure Skating
“It seems we’re in a particularly fruitful era of artistic innovation in skating. What’s driving the current wave — and how might it shape...
The World Shunned The Taliban. So Why Do They Seem To Be Thriving?
In January, the Taliban announced a new criminal code that, among other provisions, allows domestic violence and the corporal punishment of children and appears...
Reading “Animal Farm” In Afghanistan: A Women’s Book Circle Becomes A Form Of Resistance
With the Taliban having outlawed the education of girls and severely restricted women’s other rights, a clandestine group of women gather weekly to read...
Ohio Comedian Jailed For Making Fun Of Police
Comedian Anthony Novak was nabbed by Parma police, tossed into the county jail and charged “with a felony punishable by up to 18 months...
Can A Rhythmic Beat Be Copyrighted?
The case, known as the Fish Market dispute, asks whether a looping beat widely associated with reggaeton can be protected by copyright. More than 150...
Who Is Championing Adventure In Classical Music?
Up-and-coming composers, looking for a break-out moment with their immense musical feel and depth, probably have their arms and tapping their feet wondering to...
Should Our Museums Be Responsible For Healing Us?
Like many other words that have been “problematised” using post-structural approaches in the humanities, “care” is no longer simply a benign building block of...
Melbourne’s Arts Community Alarmed As State Government Funding Keeps Falling
From 2022 to 2026, the grant pool distributed by state arts agency Creative Victoria has fallen by over 25%, from $81.2 million to $59.4...
