arts and culture

‘Radiant Vermin’ and ‘Steambath’ on stage: Goddammit, make your life worth living!

October 24, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Two plays, both at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, seen a day apart. One a living hell, the other a glimpse of post-mortem limbo.

‘hillbilly’ and ‘Life and Nothing More’: Two films about soul-crushing poverty

October 16, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Two new films are currently on the horizon that are well worth seeing.

This week in history: National Coming Out Day celebrated in poems

October 11, 2018 By Special to People’s World

People’s World is proud to introduce a fresh voice in American poetry.

‘First Man’: The wrong stuff, from claustrophobia to the cosmos

October 11, 2018 By Ed Rampell

The image of a helmeted Gosling being used to advertise First Man walks that fine line between being a homage to or a rip-off of the far superior film 2001.

‘Oppenheimer’: American Vishnu, the destroyer of worlds

October 9, 2018 By Ed Rampell

For those who love hard-hitting drama that has the guts to take on challenging subject matter illuminating the human condition, don’t dare miss this production.