Arts
Echoes from “Cesar Chavez” reverberate to today
April 10, 2014Go see the film. It's flawed, but its heart is in the right place.
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March movies that came in like a lamb, went out like a lamb
April 10, 2014I was eager to see "The Grand Budapest Hotel" because its creator has done such fine whimsical works before. Both of them raised whimsy to an art form, and so does this latest work.
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“Shoeleather History” brings rambunctious New England Wobblies to life
April 10, 2014Generally speaking, grassroots labor movements, the Wobblies in particular, don't receive histories on a state-by-state basis.
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Book review: “Bohemians”
April 9, 2014Bohemians would appear to be the book Paul Buhle has been waiting to introduce his entire lengthy career as a writer and editor.
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Captain America sequel hits all the right buttons
April 8, 2014Weaved throughout the storyline are critiques of NSA surveillance and data-mining, the assassination of U.S. citizens without due process, and drone strikes.
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