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The Lie At The Heart Of The Western – And How Contemporary Novelists Are...
The first novel to be considered a "Western" came out in 1902, and the tropes it established have lasted for more than a century...
Writers Are Exposing Sexual Abuse – And Deeply Horrible Attitudes – In France
Why now? "While it is illegal in France for an adult to have sex with a minor under the age of 15, there is...
All Of The Updates And Winners From The Golden Globes
If you want to watch the text updates, here you go (as we post this, Best Supporting Actor has already been awarded - and...
Raymond Cauchetier, Whose Photos Captured The People Of French New Wave Cinema, 101
Cauchetier, whose death was caused by COVID-19, was a self-taught photographer who "documented the revolutionary early films of Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and other New Wave...
Steve McQueen Will Let Critics Decide If ‘Small Axe’ Is TV Or Cinema
McQueen, whose series of (what some of us would call) films hasn't been entered for BAFTAs or Oscars, says, "I just make stuff. You...
How The Internet Has (So Far) Transformed Celebrity
We live in a fragmented celebrity world, due mostly - but not entirely - to social media. It's a global culture "where somebody can...
The Committed Artistic Life Of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson
The artist wrote, "The magnitude of research and study of Afro-Amerikans is what I have dedicated my life. My works are the missing pages...
What It Was Like Being A Freelance Dancer During The First Year Of COVID-19
Maria Kochitkova left the San Francisco Ballet in 2018 to go freelance. Her career was going well; she had bookings out for many months....
Ruth Carter Gets Her Star, The First Costume Designer To Do So Since Edith...
The designer of Black Panther, Selma, Dolemite Is my Name, Malcolm X is the first Black costume designer (and second costume designer ever) to...
Dealing With The Existential Void At The Heart Of Our Constant Information Overload
It's not easy for any of us. "More information isn’t always a good thing, particularly when it’s an overload of unwanted (even predatory) (mis)information."...
TikTok Fame Remakes A Young Artist’s Narrative
A young Australian potter thought she'd always be known to other people as "the cancer girl." But her popularity on TikTok has changed that...
If You Want To Watch The Golden Globes Tonight, Here’s How
And here's who is nominated, and who, and what, might win. - Los Angeles Times
Oscars So Puritanical? One Director Thinks So
As her movie Never Rarely Sometimes Always - a quiet but hair-raising quest movie about two 17-year-olds from Pennsylvania going to New York to...
The Internet Archive Digitizes A Lot Of Books
How does that work? With a lot of human effort, and at a mind-blowing pace of 3500 books per day. "Clean, dry human hands...
The Real Story Of Billie Holiday And The FBI
Behind the new movie The United States vs. Billie Holiday stands a lot of history - and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. Parks: "Jimmy Fletcher is...
Yuval Waldman, Violinist And Conductor Focused On Music Composed During Times Of Oppression, 74
Waldman's parents survived WWII and the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, and "his career in some ways reflected his multinational upbringing and his sense of...
How Is The San Francisco Symphony Staying Afloat Right Now? [VIDEO]
"We can make music online and everything, but it's not the same as being onstage together." But there are benefits - like practicing in...
Reframing Nature Photography
Nature photography means what - Ansel Adams? The National Geographic's contests and covers? Or ... the nature that's around us all of the time...
Why Having No Blockbusters Contending For The Oscars Is Actually Great For The Movies
The year of no movie theatres meant the year of no blockbusters; most have been pushed off for a year or more, and that's...
President Biden Reverses The Truly Terrible 45 ‘Classical Architecture’ Order
The executive order, which the former president signed "in December after losing his bid for re-election, was titled 'Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture,' and...
The Phillips Turns 100
The museum in Washington, DC, founded by Duncan and Marjorie Phillips, was a sensation when it opened as a museum of modern art, and...
In Canada, The Supreme Court Is Facing A Major Case About Comedy And Freedom...
At issue: Whether the comedian Mike Ward harmed a disabled teenager by mocking his disability, calling him "ugly," saying that the youth would die...
Los Angeles Group Plays Its Way To Diversifying The Orchestra
The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles is the largest Black-majority orchestra in the country. But it doesn't want to be alone. The...
Certain ‘Muppet Show’ Episodes Get A Disclaimer At Disney Plus
The disclaimer, which runs on 18 episodes of the show (re-relased on Disney+ last week): "This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people...
Bringing The Joy Back To New York, Through Pop Up Music
As the leader of "NYPopsUp" explains, "This is what I like to call 'social music.' ... You can use music to minister to so...