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Ireland’s Film Business Is Booming
It's so intense right now that "Screen Ireland ... is to open five film academies, including one specialising in animation, to keep up with...
That Time Mies Van Der Rohe Designed A Frat House
The frat house didn't get built, but the design did - as a building for Indiana University's art, architecture, and design department. - Hyperallergic
Often, The Show Did Not Ever Go On After Pandemic Restrictions Eased
For instance, among the dozens of hard stories, "at the shutdown’s outset, Signature Theatre in Arlington had to scratch the world premiere of Camille...
The SAG Awards, As They Happened
If you missed them yesterday, they're getting rebroadcast on HBO, but as usual, the Oscars discussion heats up as American awards start to roll...
The Pretty Cool Rise Of New Places To Make And Promote Documentaries
A real shocker this year, leaving the way open for newbies like Paramount Plus and Showtime: "Like fellow top docu distributors including Amazon, National...
The Lone Screenplay Phenomenon
When the Academy snubs every actor, the director, and the movie - but just can't bring itself to leave the movie off the nominations...
How To Respect The Animals You’re Filming In Up Intimate Moments
Start with cows: "Every cow has a passport and paperwork affiliated with it, and when it moves to a new spot it is required...
A Green Alternative To CDs And Vinyl
Composer Fabian Almazan, who uses a sense of place to inspire his writing, started Biophilia Records as a way to get other enviro musicians...
The Met Says It Will Cut Ties With Pro-Putin Artists
Peter Gelb: "We believe strongly in the warm friendship and cultural exchange that has long existed between the artists and artistic institutions of Russia...
We Need To Talk About Those Oscars Ceremony Changes
Hey Oscar, why did you boot those categories? "What I'm doing, see, is making sure everyone who gets the spotlight at my party can...
What Better Time To Found ‘A Journal Of Ideas’ Than During The Pandemic?
OK, sure, there might be better times, but The Drift has done pretty well for itself, oddly. With "a penchant for publishing lengthy essays...
The Power Of Movie Critics Hasn’t Fully Waned
Look, there's just no way Drive My Car, which had earned less than $1 million in the U.S. by the time of the nominations,...
Iranian Director And Oscar Winner Asghar Farhadi Has A Rule
The director says he has no interest in making movies about the rich. "It is very valuable for me to always focus on ordinary...
The Lockdown Project That Brought Traditional Irish Music Back To Life
In the 1840s, before and during the Famine, William Fforde "undertook a gargantuan task of collecting over 2,000 airs from across the country." Now...
Artists Pull Out Of British Show After Gallery Director Is Asked To Resign
The University of Manchester asked him to leave after UK Lawyers for Israel complained about his statements in support of Palestinians and "suggested that...
To Get Museum-Goers Truly Involved In The Work, Add Theatre
Science says it's a good idea. "Audience members, whether they know each other or not, will synchronize their heartbeats while watching a live theater...
Verdi, But Make It French
Verdi tinkered with Don Carlos for years, making a variety of (all French) versions. And "the opera is better overall in French — but...
Black Women Photographers Want To Be Seen In Full Color
Says one, "So much of the photography we have seen of the lives of Black and brown people is in black and white, which...
How Asian Representation In Movies Got An 80s Child Star Back Into Acting
Ke Huy Quan was a child star in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies, but a lack of roles led...
Where Are Today’s Monuments Men And Women?
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has alarmed cultural experts still waiting "more than two years after the Army, with some fanfare, announced new effort, styled after...
Podcast Host Sarah Marshall Changed The Way We See Outcast Women
Marshall: "I often try to reclaim a story that the tabloids have found lucrative because they present someone who the public can safely mock."...
The First Abolitionist Paper In The US Is (Finally) Available Online
"While the legacy of the publication stretches over two centuries, its actual time in print was short lived. Not even a full year after...
A Reading List For Those Who Desire To Become So-Called Bad Girls
Hey, why not? "Being a bad girl may mean unleashing destructive force, or simply shrugging off expectation. It could mean embracing the calamity of...
An Asian American Dancer Was Attacked On His Way To A Performance
The dancer was on his way to a first-performance celebration at New York’s Public Theater when he was attacked "in what theater officials describe...
The Biggest Winners Of France’s Oscars
A rock opera and a Balzac adaptation dominated the night, and Cate Blanchett won an honorary César. - Variety
