We’re In A Golden Age Of Campy TV Shows
“We are positively drowning in shows about the glitzy world of the well-to-do that I can only—facetiously, of course—describe as being catnip for a...
The Woman Who Wants To Push Her Christian Fiction On Us All
As the popular author’s books get turned into a TV series and a movie, she says, "It does feel like an answer to a...
Alex Garland Is, Actually, Worried About Civil War In The UK Or US
The director of the new movie Civil War says that "his varied, inchoate anxieties took the shape of one underlying concern: 'It’s polarisation. You...
As Oppenheimer Opens In Japan, Here’s What Moviegoers Think
A former Hiroshima mayor: "From Hiroshima's standpoint, the horror of nuclear weapons was not sufficiently depicted. … The film was made in a way...
Georgia Decides Not To Cap Its Film Tax Credit
After a strong start, the Georgia Legislature “rejected a bill that would have limited how much the state can spend on tax incentives for...
A Theatre In Manchester Has Canceled A Palestinian Arts Event
"The venue said the cancellation followed "recent publicity" after a letter from the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester (JRCGM)." - BBC
Alice Rohrwacher Is A Director Who Didn’t Seek The Spotlight
Rohrwacher, who made the Oscar-nominated short Le Pupille, says, "Maybe my films are not perfect — maybe a machine could do that, but that’s...
People Are Always, Always Better Than Algorithms At Book Recommendations
"What is unquantifiable is horrifying to the corporate overlords, of course, but it’s the magic that connects readers with particular books." - LitHub
How The Andy Warhol Museum Lost Its Way
Or maybe never found it. "The problem with Warhol ... is that his art doesn’t lend itself to extended aesthetic contemplation. Once you’ve seen Brillo...
Movie Producer, Hollywood Activist, And Studio Executive Paula Weinstein Has Died At 78
She oversaw the production of 9 to 5, helped produce Grace and Frankie, and got the HBO movie Recount made in 2008 - and...
Disney And DeSantis Settle Their Differences
Disney on Wednesday reached a settlement in Florida and will no longer seek to retain its self-governance of Walt Disney World, a stunning turn...
Podcasting Audience Grows To 100 Million
Podcast listening continues to set new records as nearly 100 million American adults now say they listen to podcasts on a weekly basis. - Inside...
Theatre And Journalism Are In Trouble. So Who’s Talking?
Amid these daunting financial and industry realities, what does forging a path in theatre criticism even look like these days? Where does one go...
The World’s 100 Most-Popular Museums For 2023
This year we can finally answer: things are back to normal. Mostly. Our exclusive survey reveals that in 2023 many of the world’s largest...
The Cultures Of Theatre Censorship
In recent months, there have been concerns both in the UK and in Europe that legislation ostensibly designed to address hate speech might also...
NY Museum’s Former Financial Officer Files Suit Over Firing Over Expense Claims
According to the lawsuit filed by Denise Lewis, who worked at the museum from 2017 until her firing in January of this year, the...
Ten Typical Behaviors Of Creative People
Creative people are uncomfortable with the status quo. For them, a creative life is one of options, opportunities, and alternatives. They do not always...
The Artist Who Makes His Inks And Pigments From Guns
"For more than five years, (Thomas) Little has performed this kind of alchemy, purchasing handguns and automatic rifles from pawn shops and dissolving the...
Protecting Michelangelo’s “David”
The Galleria dell’Accademia’s director, Cecilie Hollberg, has positioned herself as David’s defender since her arrival at the museum in 2015, taking swift aim at those profiteering...
Hiring Party Operatives As Paid Pundits For TV News — Has It Become More...
Well, obviously not for Fox News, but otherwise, NBC News's rapid hiring-and-firing of former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel after an on-air staff rebellion (because...
John McWhorter: How To Teach Hard Lessons
Note that all of these centerings would be about things most consider good, and even crucial, but the question would be why the university,...
At 60, Alessandra Ferri Prepares To Leave The Stage For Good — And Start...
On retiring: "At this stage in my life, dancing takes up the whole day, for my body, the training. I have the energy for...
Trend? Titles That Seem Familiar
Perhaps the frisson of cleverness (I know where that’s from!), or the flip-side cringe of ignorance (I should know where that’s from!), is enough to...
Without Warning, A Linchpin Of The Entire U.S. Indie-Publisher Ecosystem Has Closed
Small Press Distribution, founded in 1969, was the country's only not-for-profit literary distributor. It served roughly 400 small. independent presses and was known for...
The AI-Created Junk Polluting Our Culture
It’s unclear what the ethical line is between scam and regular usage. Some A.I.-generated scams are easy to identify, like the medical journal paper featuring a...
