Culture
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a Veteran For Peace
March 1, 2021Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1919-2021
Read more‘Nomadland’: Moving on with America’s homeless van dwellers
March 1, 2021In Nomadland, Frances McDormand, the pre-eminent actor of our generation, has sketched a complex, but all too familiar character at the edge of society.
Read more‘Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story’ at PAFF
March 1, 2021I learned a lot from this very enjoyable, well-told 57-minute chronicle narrated by actor Courtney B. Vance that is about a truly admirable, gifted, dignified human being who defied the racism of his times by his...
Read moreÁlvaro Cunhal’s prison novel ‘The Six-Pointed Star’—A chat with the translator
February 26, 2021The English translator of the latest Cunhal/Tiago novel shares the background to this epic story of life behind bars in fascist Portugal.
Read more‘Finding Sally’: A filmic inquiry into the heart of Ethiopia’s revolutionary upheavals
February 25, 2021The absorbing, informative Finding Sally is Tamara Mariam Dawit’s first full-length documentary, but hopefully not her last.
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