As Oscars Shortlist Is Released, Film Festivals Boost International Films
And nine of the 15 on the shortlist first came to attention at Cannes - though the winner of the Palme d'Or is not...
Isabel Allende Says The War Against Women Has Intensified
The writer of House of the Spirits says, "Didn’t I tell you that we live under a patriarchy? ... But women have been tearing...
Pay-TV Operators Are Cutting Ties With Right-Wing Networks
But why? DirecTV, for one, is tight-lipped. And "the pay TV providers who dropped OAN and Newsmax make the case that it’s not politics...
How The World Harmony Orchestra Decided To Lift Spirits During The Pandemic
The concerts for isolated people have ended up a lifeline for the musicians too. "Sometimes the concerts can be really unusual in that you...
Sometimes, Do Quit Your Day Job
Or, at least, that worked for Costa prize winner Caleb Azumah Nelson, who had been working at an Apple Store before an agent bit...
Sundance’s Design Might Hint At The Film Festival Of The Future
The not-too-distant future, at that. "Film festivals have always struggled with accessibility issues that can be mitigated by allowing people to attend from home....
Ana De Armas Was In The Trailer For ‘Yesterday,’ But Not In The Movie
That's because her scenes got cut - and, after renting the movie partly based on her being in the trailer, some fans are so...
The Queer Problem At The Heart Of The Power Of The Dog
The book changed stereotypes when it came out in 1967, but Jane Campion's movie - bruited for at least one Oscar - has some...
This Hitchhiking Author Didn’t Get In A Car That Offered Her A Ride
That 1973 decision might have saved Sally J. Morgan's life - and provided material for a book that just won Britain's Portico Prize prize....
What Actual Inmates Thought Of Lynn Nottage’s Play About Recently Incarcerated Workers
Some detainees at Rikers Island watched a livestream of Clyde's. "Theater artists often speak of their aspirations for social relevance, especially in work focused...
The Architect Of The Googleplex Now Thinks Such Designs Are Dangerous
Why? Clive Wilkinson now says that "blurring the line between work and non-work keeps employees tethered to the office, benefiting the employer most of...
The Pandemic Might Have Changed Indie Films Forever
As Sundance's virtual festival gets underway, the question hanging in the air is whether any indie film can succeed in traditional theatres. Older audiences...
Booker Prizewinner Says Look To Older Women For Richer Fiction
Bernadine Evaristo: "I’m always amused when my young students create frail, old characters hunched over walking sticks, only for them to tell me that...
A South Korean Museum Is Auctioning Off The Country’s Heritage
The reason isn't clear, but "in 2014, the Kansong fell into debt and has remained closed ever since. The museum has pushed its reopening...
Almodovar Wants People To Remember Spain’s Past
Early on, "when Almodóvar started making films, he promised himself one thing: his movies would give the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco the ultimate two-fingered...
Twenty-Two Composers And Performers To Watch in 2022
"The trope of the cloistered composer is a tried and true archetype — the solitary soul flanked by stacks of scores in the dark...
Netflix Won Big During The Early Pandemic, But Now It’s 2022
The streaming giant is facing big competition - and price hikes. - BBC
How The FBI’s Art Theft Team Works
Despite the United States’ status as an art market leader with a 42% share of the global pie today, the FBI Art Crime Team...
Theatre Lies: The Liberating Feeling Of Making S***t Up
The most fun part about writing is that every writer I know is a fucking liar. Some think this is radical political work. Some...
Introducing “The Society For The Preservation Of Western Music” Let The Piling On Begin
The letter alludes that the new publication is in response to “…the virulent spread of identity-based concert programming.” It goes on to state they...
Why Amanda Gorman Almost Didn’t Read Her Inaugural Poem
"I’m a firm believer that often terror is trying to tell us of a force far greater than despair. In this way, I look...
Above All, Literature Teaches Empathy
Writers and artists are not primarily trying to reform the world; their mission is to imagine it, to deliver it. Yes, there can be...
Reconsidering Classic Literature?
The old classics still have the power to move and transform young people in ways that no technical education can. We don’t have to...
How Do We Know For Sure About The Gender Imbalance In Ballet? It’s Thanks...
Dance Data Project founder Elizabeth Yntema: "The lack of artistic and leadership opportunities for women in ballet has been talked about for years. But...
Next COVID Hazard: Audience Insecurity
The past few months have been exceptionally tough for arts events because audiences ‘are prioritising seeing family and friends, or wanting to reduce the...
