arts and entertainment
Quibbling with Quibi: Considerations on the new platform of ‘quick bite’ entertainment
May 19, 2020Quibi, which stands for Quick Bites—bursts of entertainment, none more than 10 minutes and most less, designed for mobile phone use on the go—launched in the U.S. in early April in the midst of the quarantine.
Read more‘Home Before Dark’ and fading patriarchal power
May 12, 2020It’s the first masterful series from Apple TV+.
Read more‘Jordskott’ and ecological horror; ‘One Day at a Time’ revived
April 7, 2020The Swedish series with the mysterious title Jordskott is an anomaly wrapped in an enigma.
Read more‘For Life’ and Black incarceration; The twin meanings of ‘Twisty’
April 6, 2020The best network series in what might be a coronavirus-abbreviated season is ABC’s For Life, a combination prison/courtroom drama about an innocent African-American inmate sentenced to life imprisonment.
Read more‘Taming the Lion’ tells the story of openly gay MGM actor William Haines
March 17, 2020A world premiere play that recently opened at Theatre 40 here tells the story of William Haines, at one time renowned as the world’s Number 1 Box Office male movie star.
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