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One Young British Author Is Fed Up With The Industry’s Flagrant Sexism
Eliza Clark, one of the Granta best fiction writers under 40, has a new book out. - The Guardian (UK)
Classic Horror Makes A Creepy Return
In gaming, classic survival horror seemed to be over, a blast from the past—but its graveyard is only full of freshly created zombies. And...
The Actress And Singer Who Blackmailed All Of Spain
The blackmail plot cost millions. “The state’s objective was to prevent the leak of photos, videos and audios that revealed King Juan Carlos I’s...
Idris Elba Says He Wants To Boost The Film Industry In Africa By Moving...
The actor said he’ll found a film studio in Tanzania, and also, "I’m going to live in Accra, I’m going to live in ...
Joan Didion Told Us Over And Over Who She Was
But somehow, she remains a mystery - and there’s a biography race on to define her. - The New York Times
Want To Hear A New Chopin Piece?
Newly unearthed, that is, though “the finding may prompt debate in the classical music field, where reports of unearthed masterpieces are sometimes greeted skeptically,...
The American French Film Festival Changes Its Dates, And Perhaps Its Academy Awards Influence
The French industry may not appreciate this (until awards season): “Nearly half of the fest’s approximately 40 films and TV series ‘will be shown...
Talk About Reaching Back Down The Ladder
Bernadine Evaristo, Booker winner for Girl, Woman, Other, is “paying it forward” by hosting writer residencies at her house. “We need to build a...
If You’re Mad At Bezos, Cancel Prime, Not Your WaPo Subscription
“Prime subscriptions pay for Amazon to grow—to gobble up market share, put small stores out of business, and make Bezos more powerful. Newspaper subscriptions,...
The Goth Phase Of Vincent Van Gogh
Curators figured out that "Gothic architecture and medieval painting influenced modern art, and began to conjecture which works, shown together, would best exemplify...
A German Artists’ Group Is Demanding A Prize-Winning Artist Apologize
The Iranian-German photographer called Israel a “Zionist apartheid state” and said “Free Palestine” in her minute-long award acceptance speech. - Hyperallergic
When A Museum Is Closed For Years, How Does It Keep Up Engagement And...
Digital programming, online classes, offline pop-ups, and construction tours keep museums that are undergoing renovations in the eyes, and lives, of the easily distracted...
Publishers Using Print On Demand Is Flooding The Book Market With Off-Brand, Low-Quality Paperbacks
“Convenience has led us to a place where publishers are willing to charge more for an inferior product.” This is, truly, not good at...
As Somebody, Somewhere Ends, It’s Leaving A Gap In TV
The show, dubbed “nicecore” had a lot of potential to be snarky - and sometimes its main character certainly is. But “the show is...
Why Have A Poster On Your Dorm Wall When You Can Just Hang A...
At the University of Chicago, “students have about one week to peruse the collection and identify their favorites among the color lithographs by luminaries...
We Finally Have An Opening Date For LACMA
That’s April, 2026. “LACMA has likened Zumthor‘s design to a kind of living organism. Indeed, the raw concrete is already showing signs of...
Maybe Having Billionaire Newspaper Owners Isn’t Great For Democracy?
The LA Times and Washington Post didn’t endorse a candidate, and it seems like their executives are "hoping to hedge their bets in advance...
The Indie Filmmaker Trying To Change Our Narrative On The American Dream
Sean Baker’s Anora and his other films are “raw, intimate portraits of Americans who are often misrepresented or overlooked in pop culture, particularly sex...
Will The Repaired, Reopened Notre Dame Charge An Entrance Fee?
The reopening is barreling toward its reopening date, and “while visitors to the most notable cathedrals in neighbouring countries, including Spain, Italy and Britain,...
Israeli Authorities Censor A Film Screening In Jaffa
“Hours before a scheduled screening of a documentary about the 1948 depopulation of the Palestinian city of Lyd, Israeli police blocked a Jaffa theater from...
The Ultimate Fan Find: A Long-Form Pre-Dracula Story By Bram Stoker
"Brian Cleary stumbled upon the 134-year-old ghostly tale while browsing the archives of the National Library of Ireland. Gibbet Hill was originally published in...
The UK’s Northern Ballet May Start Sharing An Orchestra With Opera North
Northern Ballet said that it was “under financial pressure, brought about largely by rising production and touring costs” - and in order to save...
No, Marvel Didn’t Kill The Movie Star, Whatever That Is Anyway
"The problem with this theory is that it stems from a rather conservative sense of cultural terror." - The Guardian (UK)
Why Nostalgia Is Taking Over Television
What an expert says: "In times of disagreement and dissent, nostalgia peaks. COVID was an example of what stimulates nostalgia. … Vintage TV wants...
A Dog’s Relationship To Art
"Oscar seems to like interacting with the art, and his way of interacting seems ideal to me—kinetic, bodied, hyperpresent to the granular details of...