Culture
McBride’s “Good Lord Bird,” Packer’s “Unwinding”: National Book Award winners
November 27, 2013The Good Lord Bird, the adventures of a disguised black child caught up in John Brown's abolitionist crusade, was the winner of the National Book Award for fiction.
Read moreRushes to judgment: Top 10 assassination / conspiracy movies
November 22, 2013Conventional thinkers, hacks and propagandists may seek to perpetrate and perpetuate lone gunman, magic bullet and other cover-ups about assassinations and the like - but the big screen knows better!
Read moreIn Verdi’s “Falstaff,” all the world’s a jest
November 18, 2013What better way to celebrate Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial than with a production of Falstaff?
Read more“Thor” sequel another hard-hitter
November 15, 2013As superhero flicks go, this one is still pretty standard fare for the casual viewer, but that doesn't mean it's not enjoyable.
Read more“Dallas Buyers Club”: We’re surprised you’re even alive
November 14, 2013Dallas Buyers Club is an uplifting morality tale that's about as good as the art of cinema gets.
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