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“Black Death”: a film about plague, horror, deep thoughts

March 9, 2011 By Ed Rampell

"Black Death" is a thought provoking and frightening tale set in 1348 England.

Progressive Cinema: The Oscars vs. The Progies

March 1, 2011 By Bill Meyer

Without the Oscar's glitz and glamor, the Progies laid honors on films of social substance, and artists of talent and commitment to the struggle.

Poem of the week: Nizar Qabbani’s “The Old World is Dead”

February 24, 2011 By John Case

This unnamed verse, written in 1970, seems as if it could have been written yesterday in half a dozen nations - and in some U.S. states as well.

NY festival will showcase Cuban artists

February 10, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

The festival will include Cuban artists, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, photographers and writers who will showcase their work.

Groups protest GOP censorship at Smithsonian

February 2, 2011 By Joe Sims

Angry protesters called for the resignation of the Smithsonian Institution's secretary G. Wayne Clough who, under pressure from Republican lawmakers and Catholic conservatives, took down a video exhibition by a gay artist who died of AIDS.