For instance, for Nickel Boys, "Composers Alex Somers and Scott Alario recorded traditional instruments, children’s choirs and even the sounds of toys, then processed them into something that Somers describes as ‘slow and ambient and textural.’” - Variety
Even her teachers called her that instead of her name. But Auli’i Cravalho now says, "I’m looking forward to directing, to producing, to starting a production company. ... But I have so much growth to do before then. I grew up without a television.” - The New York Times
Instead, it’s time. “Pundits and parents alike have emphasized preprofessional courses and downplayed the importance of humanistic study. ... In this environment, spending hours reading a novel may seem unproductive.” - The Atlantic
“Landmark laws across the country have come into existence to preserve things we deem culturally significant. But they don’t always protect what we actually want to save.” - The New York Times
The scroll-shaped structure, designed in 1976 by Philip Johnson and illuminated inside with the ceiling's beautiful spiral of stained-glass windows by artist Gabriel Loire, is linked to the general feeling of gratitude rather than the holiday, and it serves Dallas well as a non-sectarian place for public commemoration. - Bloomberg CityLab
The gambit of Stanford literature professor Adrian Daub’s clarifying new book, The Cancel Culture Panic: How an American Obsession Went Global, is the contention that, in fact, we don’t really know what “cancel culture” is. - The New Republic
The company is seemingly “just trying to speed up” self-publishing “in a way that won’t work well, and of course, they don’t want to call it that”, said Marco Rinaldi, co-host of Page One – The Writer’s Podcast, in a post on Bluesky. - The Guardian
The biggest issue facing the DIY scene is simply getting noticed, such is the competition across all media – for all there is enthusiastic music journalism online and ambassadors for music on TikTok. Instagram and beyond, the weekly music press inkies who would pick up and write about these bands are still sorely missed. - The Guardian
"The theory is simple. Countless classic works of literature have fallen out of copyright and into the public domain, granting normal people the right to reproduce, remix, and resell them. (YouTube hustler Dan) Pye … says this offers a remarkable opportunity, one that will reward those who take advantage." - Slate
We plan to go on strike beginning this Friday, November 29, unless SAM’s Board of Trustees changes course and offers a contract that allows its workers to survive in Seattle. For two years, the Board has refused outright to meet with us, so now we take the argument directly to them. - Hyperallergic
Bringing Broadway adaptations to the big screen can be a dicey proposition. For every "Wicked," there is a box-office flop, such as Universal's "Cats." - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
About 450 institutes are reliant at least in part on state subsidies, from theatres and opera houses to nightclubs and galleries. They're attempting to force a rethink over the €130m cuts. At around 12 to 13% of the current annual budget, they have been described even by those proposing them as “brutal”. - The Guardian
Adam Moss: "(it) is full of notes-to-self that provide a real-time map of what was going through his mind. … It’s rare for a writer to allow you this far in to see how a novel is written; most are secretive, superstitious about exposing a process that even they don’t understand." - Vulture
“This is the year that people really realized that you can build general-purpose robots,” she said. What is striking about these achievements is that they involve very little explicit programming. The robots’ behavior is learned. - The New Yorker
Artists across genres and mediums have, for decades, found great storytelling potential in Baum’s characters and mythology. But the mode that Oz has continued to lend itself to best is musical theater, a genre predicated on suspension of disbelief and thus well suited to conveying Oz’s odd earnestness. - The Atlantic
