Culture
‘In the Penal Colony’: A Philip Glass opera based on Franz Kafka
April 30, 2019LONG BEACH, Calif.—Two of the world’s most popular and introspective artists have paired up after almost four-score years to create a mesmerizing piece of stage theatre that operagoers will not soon forget. Southern California is currently...
Read more‘The Twilight Zone’: ‘The Wunderkind’ takes aim at politics and Donald Trump
April 30, 2019“Society is a fragile ecosystem. Razzle and dazzle people with the right lies, and eventually they’ll go blind to the madness right in front of their faces."
Read moreCommunists and the unemployed—The story of the moldy Thuringer
April 26, 2019In the Depression of the ’30s, the Unemployed Councils, organized by Communists, fought to get people the things they needed.
Read more‘Red Joan’: The British Rosenbergs?
April 26, 2019Nunn’s stodgy Red Joan rarely rises above the form of filmed theatre and never becomes, alas, a truly realized feature film in its own write/right.
Read moreThe 10th TCM Classic Film Festival, Part 2: More critical commentary
April 25, 2019Leave it to TCM to unearth this lost gem of the Hollywood Blacklist few were familiar with. Who knew? But now, thanks to TCM, we do.
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