Culture
‘Everybody,’ a modern-day morality play about death, says much about life
September 20, 2022Everybody is informed they will have to make a “presentation,” a sort of defense or account of their life. They’ll be asked to answer, “Why did you have to live?” How, and why, will you be...
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‘Moonage Daydream’ review: Bowie doc mesmerizes but rarely goes beyond the music
September 14, 2022It’s gorgeous to look at— and a psychedelic trip to behold— as Bowie’s music plays throughout.
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Hold the communism, please: SFMOMA’s Diego Rivera exhibit downplays artist’s radical politics
September 13, 2022The museum allows that Rivera was a communist, but it also aims to sanitize the artist, and make him less revolutionary than he was in person and on walls and canvases.
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Korean series ‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’ challenges assumptions about autism and ability
September 8, 2022Woo is extraordinary as she is not only the brightest star in her graduating class from Seoul National University, but she is also a high functioning autistic.
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‘Stateless’: Stranger in a strange land
September 7, 2022The series was inspired by the story of Cornelia Rau who was mistakenly and unlawfully detained.
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