Culture
“Hunt for the Wilderpeople”: Outlandish outlaws in New Zealand’s Maori bush
June 30, 2016This is a banner week for South Seas Cinema, the film genre set and shot in the Pacific Islands.
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Coal and silk: Two impressive new documentaries
June 28, 2016As one historian puts it, "Labor relations in America have never been gentle."
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Black comedy “Armadillo Necktie” exposes open wound of U.S. in Iraq
June 24, 2016A new self-described "jet-black comedy" takes on the national American character at the apogee of its foreign "nation building" enterprise.
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Anti-slavery classic revived for the stage as “Tom”
June 23, 2016A nineteenth-century American classic, re-imagined for the stage as a tale of racial injustice.
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A Dutch composer dissects American media in “The News” opera
June 21, 2016One of the most wildly inventive productions this reviewer has experienced in any medium for years.
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