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Robert Jones, Film Editor Of Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner And Love Story, 84
Jones dropped out of college, and yes, started his career working in the shipping room at 20th Century Fox. "The Los Angeles native scored...
Sundance Went Virtual This Year, And That Worked OK
The last big film festival from 2020 had its virtual tryout this year. It wasn't terrible, but, says one critic: "I’m usually whiny and...
In Britain, Thousands Protest The Idea Of Closing To The Public A Library That...
The Wallace Collection "is in internal consultation" about closing the library and archive that was left to the country in 1897. Is that even...
Even The Met Is Considering Selling Some Art To Make Ends Meet
The Met's director, Max Hollein: "Every museum in the U.S. is having these conversations. ... For us not to discuss this now would be...
This Indian Comedian Was Thrown In Jail For Jokes He Hadn’t Told
This is not a democratic move: "The Muslim comic thrown in a Madhya Pradesh jail on January 1, 2021 with four others on suspicion that he might make...
If Britain Takes Its Vaccination Strategy From ‘Contagion,’ A Movie, So What?
A lot of science fiction and fantasy predicts the future - so why not a well-researched movie about a pandemic? (It's worth noting that...
Anne Feeney, Singer-Songwriter Whose Fiery ‘Have You Gone To Jail For Justice’ Inspired Peter...
Peter Yarrow said Feeney was "joyous and fiery in her determination to use her music to elevate those who are most marginalised and to...
Director Kelly Reichardt On The Commitment To A Daily Process Of Making Art
The director of Meek's Cutoff and First Cow is also feeling, well, a bit cynical. "There’s so much celebration of women and people of...
Turns Out Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman Was Inspired By Composers
Gorman: "I love Black poets. I love that as a Black girl, I get to participate in that legacy. So that’s Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia...
Ballet Dancers, Getting Real (And Sometimes Really Funny) On TikTok
If Instagram is about selling your moves - and your clothing line, your toe shoe line, your skin care routine, etc. - then TikTok...
How To Write About The Internet
A book critic considers. "Relative to the amount of space it takes up in the collective and capitalist imagination, the internet has had less...
Israeli TV Is Having A Global Moment
Hollywood, in search of the next Shtisel, a hit show for Netflix. Apple TV+ and HBO Max are also trying to cash in, both...
Madrid’s Far-Right City Councilors Want To Destroy A Mural With Rosa Parks And Other...
The mural, which also depicts women including Nina Simone, was the result of a popular vote four years ago. But "the far-right party Vox had called...
Smiley Face Eyeroll Laughing Face Could Become Some Of The Clearest Work Communication
At least, that's what one emoji-loving CEO proposes. "Millennials and post-millennials now make up at least 65% of the workforce in the U.S. Emojis...
If One Could Only Read Samuel Beckett’s Thoughts On His Best-Known Phrases
"All in all, the oracular quality of these lines, their sheer wisdom, makes of Beckett, much against his will, no doubt, something of a...
What So-Called Trashy Novels Can Teach A Reader About Life
Who could put it better than this? "There is much to learn within the pages of the so-called bonkbuster – and, no, not all...
People Are Hungry For Their Hometown Museums After This Very, Very Long Year
Is it still March 2020? What content are we watching? Who even knows? Well, your museum. The Walker Museum's public programs manager: "People are...
A Movie Star Made Sure Her Crew Had Shares Of The Movie’s Potential Profits
Zendaya's move on the pandemic-filmed Malcolm and Marie may be a new standard for the industry. Of course, it helped that she and her...
Poetry For The Pandemic
Perhaps some of it might be found in erasure. "Sometimes when it’s hard to write, that constraint gives you a place to start. It’s...
A Swedish Nurse Has Won The Opportunity To Have An Entire Film Festival To...
The nurse, who has been working on COVID-19 wards for months, beat 12,000 other applicants to the Goteborg Film Festival, where she'll live alone...
After More Not So Great Publicity, CBS Decides To Have Another Investigation
Peter Dunn, the head of CBS' 28 news stations, and another staffer - the senior vice president for news - were suspended, and an...
Changing Other People’s Minds Is A Zero-Sum Game
So try these strategies instead. - The New York Times
Love Books But Need Your Social Distance Space?
Rent a bookstore for a date. Yes, an entire bookstore. "The experience is BYOB (and food), but the store provides candles—and, of course, exclusive...
A Photographer Who Captured 2020’s Protests, ‘Freedom’ Rallies, And Zip-Tie-Toting State House Assaulters
Rian Dundon: "I’m always trying to do portraits at these events as a way to cut through the visual noise of flags and sign boards etc....
What It Feels Like When The First Lady Is Touting Your Novel
It's pretty great, honestly. Ask Angie Thomas. "Had you told little Angie that 20-something years ago, she wouldn’t have believed she wrote something that...