Culture
‘It: Welcome to Derry’ review: Thrilling horror shatters the 1960s white suburbia mythos
November 4, 2025While rooted in Stephen King’s novel and previous movies, this series stands on its own and is a compelling social study of the many ways a community can be corrupted.
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People’s World at the 34th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival
October 31, 2025A small part of solidarity with workers around the world is learning from the resilience artists elsewhere show in telling the stories of marginalization and minimization—and pushing to have them seen in the core of the...
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Books that changed the world: Historians assess 100 years of International Publishers
October 29, 2025With McCarthy-style witch-hunts once again on the horizon, institutions like International Publishers, which incubate free thinking, social critique, and dissent, are all the more valuable.
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‘Norita’ film review: Emotional doc explores resistance and revolutionary motherhood in Argentina
October 29, 2025The story of how a small spitfire of a woman gave a murderous dictatorship hell and inspired her fellow mothers to never back down.
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‘Positive Obsession’ review: Riveting biography offers intimate look at Afrofuturist icon Octavia Butler
October 28, 2025New book explores the personal journals of the novelist, offering deeper look at her struggles for recognition, her working style, and her views on American political realities.
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