arts and entertainment
‘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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W.E.B. Du Bois’s story ‘The Comet’ reaches the operatic stage, with ‘Poppea’
June 27, 2024Audiences will have further opportunities to see this amazing piece of “double consciousness” music theater in forthcoming productions in New York City, at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and at Yale University in New...
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Wildly funny political satire ‘The Outsider’ exposes sorry secrets of electoral appeal
June 20, 2024Politics these days is hardly a laughing matter, but there’s always a privileged spot for satire irrespective of how grim the forecast.
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