Director Jafar Panahi Calls Iran ‘A Failed State’ After The Arrest Of His Co-Writer
Panahi: "It is a failed state politically, ideologically, economically, culturally and environmentally. And it is not going to be able to last. The only...
The Year Young Black Comedians Stole The Super Bowl’s Thunder, And Thence Created The...
“The final ratings were the big headline. Altogether, 22 million people switched from CBS to Fox for the In Living Color alt-cast, outdrawing Winter...
This Year’s Super Bowl Ads Were Bleak For The Future Of Creativity
This Super Bowl was “the first with A.I. taking center stage—a revealing gametime moment for the tech as it confronts investor anxiety, broader fatigue,...
What Happens When Artists Lose Their Archives
“It was the loss of authorship, sequencing, and context. Works that were never meant to exist independently were broken apart and reintroduced to the...
The Ice Dancers With Possibly The Olympics’ Biggest Challenge
“The most decorated ice dance pair in U.S. figure skating history wants more than a team medal in Milan — they want the ice...
The Comic Artists Responding To The Moment With Art
One comic “states: ‘Someday you’ll know that there were so many people thinking and worrying about you even though you don’t know us.’ Other...
Maybe We’ve Been Getting Bosch All Wrong
“We are supposed to read triptychs from left to right: Adam and Eve → sexy fruit playground of jubilant behavior → decay and hell....
Days After Gutting The Washington Post, Murdoch Media Veteran Will Lewis Abruptly Steps Down
“‘Will Lewis’s exit is long overdue. His legacy will be the attempted destruction of a great American journalism institution,’ said the union representing most...
The Academy Held A ‘Bake-Off’ For Ten Shortlisted Casting Directors To Explain What Casting...
“Only members of the casting branch vote on the nominations, but the bake-off is open to members from across the Academy, since they’ll be...
For The Director And Star Of This Brazilian Film, There Was A Cost For...
Wagner Moura, Oscar-nominated star of Oscar-nominated movie The Secret Agent says of the movie: It “is a result of something that we both...
Behind The Two Oscar-Nominated Songs From Documentaries This Year
“One of them is an aria performed an opera star … from an obscure documentary titled Viva Verdi!.” - Variety
Where Has Hollywood’s Production Money Gone?
Quite a bit went to Great Britain last year, actually. - The Guardian (UK)
How Did Milan’s Olympics Opening Ceremony Measure Up, Artistically Speaking?
“Do you know what’s more tubular than snowboarding? Giant tubes of paint descending from the ceiling! More sweeping than curling? A beautiful recital of a poem...
Yorkshire Takes A Weary Breath, Prepares For Another Onslaught Of Wuthering Heights Fans
One hotel owner: “It could all be a flash in the pan, and that’s fine. If it sticks, that’s also great. What I do...
Those ‘Self-Driving’ Cars Are Often Piloted By Humans 8,000 Miles From San Francisco
Yes, Soylent Green is people, and … so is Waymo? “The autonomous vehicle company uses remote workers in the Philippines to assist its self-driving...
Anthropic Wasn’t Just Taking Electronic Books To Feed The AI Maw, But Scanning And...
Well, at least they bought those books? “This program raised red flags for some inside Anthropic, who knew that tearing books apart to feed...
Woodie King, Who Died In January At 88, Was A Major Figure Steering Black...
“Woodie, as artistic director and producer, understood and respected the sanctity of the director. … Woodie, even faced with the challenges of inequitable funding...
The Louvre Will Restore The Crown Of Empress Eugenie And Put It Back On...
It was, of course, badly damaged when thieves dropped it in October. - ARTnews
Suddenly, The Michelle Obama Documentary Is Incredibly Popular On Streaming
Surely it’s a coincidence that as a movie named about the current First Lady opens in the UK, people start watching a movie about...
What Hudson Williams Does When He’s Not Busy Promoting Heated Rivalry
The man loves reading and writing, basically. “I love Joan Didion, and she once said she journals so that when she gets really old,...
It’s Not Easy Designing The World’s Biggest Stage
At the halftime show for the Super Bowl, “the stage must be assembled in about eight minutes, using rolling carts equipped with pneumatic tires....
Toronto’s Royal Conservatory Of Music Accused Of Enabling A Predatory Piano Educator
“I was left with a feeling of tremendous shame. Even after gathering the courage to speak up, I was ashamed that I was a...
Japanese City Cancels Major Cherry-Blossom Festival Because Tourists Behave So Badly
City officials in Fujiyoshida, not far from Mount Fuji, said residents had been littering, entering private homes to use the bathroom, and even defecating...
How Typists Have Shaped Literary Masterpieces
The typewriter, from its birth, has been tied to a set of assumptions about gender and skill. These assumptions persist to the present and...
“& Juliet” — How A Jukebox Shakespeare Musical That Flopped In Britain Became An...
“Today, (after almost four years in New York,) the musical is still packing in crowds, a feat for a show that isn’t a revival...
