Culture
‘Shoplifters’: New Japanese feature film shows how people survive
December 12, 2018Although it seems to roll out modestly as a simple tale of marginal people, its conclusion will force you to rethink central tenets of how individuals relate.
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Class struggle TV: Things get real on “Roseanne” spinoff “The Connors”
December 4, 2018For the most part, TV either ignores class conflict. But the most consistent theme of most working-class sitcoms, including The Conners, is that it's a struggle to be working class.
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New York museum shows the art of obsessional conspiracy thinking
November 28, 2018“Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy” is the first museum exhibition on this subject, exploring how artists have dealt with this perennially provocative topic from 1969 to 2016.
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‘The Weekend,’ ‘Roma,’ ‘The Favorite,’ ‘Stan & Ollie,’ capsule reviews from AFI
November 28, 2018The American Film Institute’s annual film festival, which took place Nov. 8-15, is arguably Los Angeles’s premier annual fete of cinema.
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‘I Am the Night’ and ‘Non-Fiction’ capsule reviews from AFI
November 27, 2018The American Film Institute’s annual film festival is arguably Los Angeles’s best and most comprehensive annual fete of feature, documentary, short, animated, domestic and foreign cinema.
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