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López, a Mexican director and writer, defied convention and expectations to create a new horror film that addresses the real-life horrors of drug cartels (with a side dose of fantasy alon…
Earlier this month I had the privilege and pleasure to speak at the Meighan Forum at the Stratford Festival"a public lecture series hosted by the renowned theater festival in Stratford, Onta…
There's a brand of young straight men who are "relying on the gifts of biology to flesh out a personality. It works for a while, because viewers like to be complimented and to watch an attra…
School newspapers usually aren't independent from the schools they're trying to cover. And that's a big, big problem. "When professional pundits talk about dangers to free expression on camp…
On Pose, the actors " whose characters are fully part of New York's ballroom scene " do a lot more than vogue and runway, though that's essential too. "The show has an undeniable commitment …
The basics: "Five years ago, the ex-boyfriend of a game developer posted a bitter rant about their relationship online"and video gaming and journalism and American political life are stil…
"Taller Leñateros is Mexico's first and only Tzotzil Maya book- and papermaking collective. Founded in 1975 [in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas] by the Mexican-American poet Amba…
"A new symphonic experience showcases an original documentary covering 800 years of feminist history and the development of women's civil and human rights in 80 minutes. ​Orchestra Mo…
"The biennial, six-day celebration known as the Gateways Music Festival has brought black classical musicians together since 1993. The festival was founded by pianist and former Eastman Scho…
Amy Steiger: "Not only do students recognize misogynist and colonialist language in acting textbooks " as well as an insistence on the gender binary that sometimes makes them wonder if there…
"A New Green Federal Theatre would document the efforts of the Green New Deal to deliver economic justice and sustainable life-styles to the people while mitigating and adapting to the clima…
What's going on in Britain? The claim: This is to provide more full-time jobs! But, like National Gallery educators who just experienced something similar and won their court case, the freel…
Anna Torv, who plays a serial-hunting psychologist on Mindhunter, explains: "When you're an actress, you don't even realize that the majority of the time you end up carrying the emotional we…
Ceramics clubs with annual membership programs are popping up all over. Why? Aside from literally not being able to touch a phone while you're working with clay, "pottery … challenges our …
Audible " the Amazon-owned audiobook giant " is being sued by the big 5 publishers. Why? A new feature that automatically generates "captions" for its audiobooks. Captions that … well, one…
Yes, that little-known songwriter Eminem … er. But it's actually far bigger than the potential millions or billions Eight Mile Style claims Spotify owes. "Eminem's publisher is doing more …
This is how the recently revealed program worked in Ireland: "Fixed-term workers in Cork were hired to listen to and 'grade' Siri recordings. …Staff then transcribed and 'graded' these rec…
Téa Obreht took her time after The Tiger's Wife struck the bestseller list and stayed for many, many months. She says, "It was appropriate to let the wrong books go and wait for the right o…
The company that's into just about everything else (well, not that company, the one that just announced a huge slate of movies and TV show for its new streaming service, but a different big …
The Rossini Festival in Pesaro, Italy, may never be a Salzburg, but it sure changed Rossini's reputation. Most of the composer's "operas were long dormant. For much of the 20th century, R…
Yes. It's weird, and it's true: He's a "mentor" of some sort in a new Star Wars TV show. Luckily, the show looks super-grim. Still: What? " Vulture
New York's major arts organizations, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Lincoln Center, are now intertwined with the Koch name for decades. Not that there wasn't dissent " from the…
The reports are to the BBC and other media, and to an actors' union as well, but not to police. A lot of the harassment takes place on the Royal Mile as women flyer for their or their compan…
When it came to making the new Dora the Explorer movie, the production company worked hard to get things right for indigenous representation. Did it pay off? "Live-action still-pan-Latina Do…
Like a lot of coastal areas in a whole lot of countries, Cornwall isn't all sweetness and ocean and light. There's a "tension between tradition and progress," and 20 years ago, a filmmaker w…
