Culture
Eco-messages abound in ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’
June 22, 2018Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s eco-theme raises it from being just a crowd pleasing special FX-laden spectacle to a more worthy movie meditation upon species going extinct.
Read moreFor LGBTQ Pride Month: Poetry for the season
June 20, 2018We hope these selections from Gay & Lesbian Poetry in Our Time provide some fresh and welcome perspective.
Read moreWashing the crime away: ‘Tar’ and ‘The Women of Lockerbie’
June 20, 2018My weekend playgoing curiously featured two plays centered on the theme of washing crime away.
Read more‘Hereditary’: The horror of privilege
June 19, 2018No one will call Hereditary, the directorial debut of Ari Aster, a simple haunted house story.
Read more‘Skeleton Crew’: Detroit workers’ jobs, homes, pensions, and lives on the line
June 18, 2018This play enacts the hollowing-out of American industry in the Great Recession years that began late in George W. Bush’s presidency.
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