Arts
“Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising”: Liberté, Egalité, Sororité
May 25, 2016It's summer in Hollywood again: feminists and intelligent moviegoers may want to lower their expectations.
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“The City of Conversations”: Politics is all in the family
May 23, 2016Giardina is insightfully pointing out that beneath the surface - especially in politics, which makes strange bedfellows - things aren't always as they appear to be.
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“The Americans”: Sex, friendship, and lies
May 23, 2016For Elizabeth to have to betray her friend Young-Hee and deal with yet another U.S.-made deadly weapon, is entirely too much.
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New book offers inside look at Soviet Communist Party discipline
May 19, 2016Being a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union wasn't just an honor; it required strict discipline and moral obligations.
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Eugene O’Neill’s “The Hairy Ape”: A shocking protest against capitalist barbarism
May 19, 2016It's a product of the post-World War I Expressionist school, with exaggerated characters, writ in bold strokes, often with harsh, mordant commentary.
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