arts and entertainment
Memories of Abdias Nascimento, founder of Brazil’s Black Experimental Theatre
July 18, 2024They spanned the first and second millennia like twin colossi and will remain in the hearts and minds of millions of people whom they encouraged to sunder the bondage of oppression.
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Love among the artists: Leo and Gilda and Otto in ‘Design for Living’
July 11, 2024Odyssey Theatre Ensemble is presenting a spicy adaptation of Noël Coward’s salaciously audacious, eyebrow-raising ribald romp Design for Living.
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‘Unbroken Blossoms’: D.W. Griffith’s self-correction after ‘Birth of Nation’?
July 10, 2024Unbroken Blossoms is a highly entertaining, enlightening play that helps break the chain and yoke of racist narratives.
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‘The Old Oak’: Another masterwork from Ken Loach
July 9, 2024Ken Loach’s current film The Old Oak is yet another timeless masterwork from one of cinema’s greatest directors.
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Michael Wilson’s ‘Salt of the Earth’ script, miracle of the blacklist era
July 1, 2024Salt of the Earth was the most daring script of Michael Wilson’s career.
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