Culture
New opera ‘I Can’t Breathe’ centers murders of Black American males
May 20, 2022“It would be impossible to find a more relevant topic for contemporary theatre,” wrote Arts Knoxville when I Can’t Breathe received its first production back in February.
Read more‘King Lear’: The monarch from another planet
May 19, 2022Of the countless screen versions of King Lear, the most offbeat may be Jean Luc Godard’s 1987 take co-starring Woody Allen, Norman Mailer, and The Breakfast Club’s Molly Ringwald as Cordelia. I kid thee not!
Read moreICYMI: May 5 was the World Day of the Portuguese Language and Marx
May 18, 2022May 5 was the World Day of the Portuguese Language and the anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth. So I am left with this difficult impasse: between the two fundamentals, what to do?
Read moreNew ‘Doctor Strange’ is fantastic – if imperfect – phantasmagoria
May 18, 2022This feels very much like a real Sam Raimi film, rather than yet another film that feels like it was slapped haphazardly together on the corporate Marvel/Disney assembly line.
Read more‘Torn Hearts’ review: Crisp thriller explores dark side of stardom and sisterhood
May 17, 2022The real monsters in this film are less obvious than the villainous deeds performed by women in the film.
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