arts and culture
‘The Twilight Zone’: ‘Meet in the Middle’ explores the price of human connection
July 2, 2020“What kind of compromise goes into a connection with another human being?” – ‘The Twilight Zone’
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‘Space Force’: What could have been ‘Dr. Strangelove’ is instead ‘McHale’s Navy’
June 30, 2020Netflix’s Space Force is tepid, often unfunny, not skewering or lambasting but often romanticizing of what the U.S. is doing in space.
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Religion and progressive politics in America: A book review
June 29, 2020Each chapter is a whole new story, a movement, preacher, or history lesson.
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Pain, hope, change: Boarded-up buildings become canvases for radical art
June 29, 2020Activist artists transform sealed businesses into public art broadcasting a message of resilience and social transformation.
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Serial TV and the global drug pandemic
June 24, 2020This is a very mixed series by an extraordinary filmmaker who has brought both his creative talents and his political baggage to television.
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