arts and culture – Page 82

‘The Old Ways’ masterfully centers Mexican indigenous culture at the heart of an exorcism

October 14, 2021 By Chauncey K. Robinson

Come for the exorcism, stay for the compelling story. No holy water required.

Lights! Cameras! Action! Academy Museum features Hollywood history, hoopla and inclusivity

October 1, 2021 By Ed Rampell

The Motion Picture Academy’s latest creation is walking a tightrope, mixing showbiz pizzazz with world cinema and a reflectiveness on the medium’s origins and power.

‘Songs in Dark Times’: Yiddish poets engage mid-20th century crises and traumas

October 1, 2021 By Eric A. Gordon

What do we even mean when we use a simple word like “we?” We Jews? We survivors? We anti-fascists? We people of social conscience? We humans?

‘I’m Not a Comedian…I’m Lenny Bruce’: Ronnie Marmo channels the standup philosopher

September 30, 2021 By Ed Rampell

As a standup comic with a philosophical slant, Lenny was a pre-Social Media forerunner of the free speech cause.

‘Our Man in Santiago’: A comedy about the overthrow of Salvador Allende?

September 28, 2021 By Ed Rampell

A "comic spy thriller inspired by the true story of a spectacularly botched U.S. attempt to overthrow Chile’s democratically elected leader.”