Culture
Review: ‘Thriller’: A horror film that centers inner-city youth for a change
April 17, 2019Thriller gets the slasher film out of the suburbs, for a change.
Read more“Our Lady on fire, France in tears”—Notre Dame blaze horrifies world
April 16, 2019The French Communist Party said the cathedral was “a collective work of architects, workers, craftsmen, and builders” who over centuries had “carved a jewel.”
Read morePuccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’: Los Angeles bilingual production travels to Houston
April 16, 2019With a new libretto written by POP Artistic Director Josh Shaw and Houston’s Opera in the Heights Artistic Director Eiki Isomura, the production presents the Madame Butterfly story as if it actually occurred in Nagasaki sometime...
Read more‘The Twilight Zone’: ‘Replay’ and the real terror of police brutality
April 15, 2019A monster plagues the United States. One that is rooted in the exploitation of Black labor and bodies, with little to no value placed on their lives.
Read moreReview: Donald Glover’s ‘Guava Island’: A musical romance opposing capitalist greed
April 15, 2019"Guava Island" is a musical drama that uses vibrant scenery and art to tell an anti-capitalist fable that condemns systemic greed.
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