Culture
A virtual birthday celebration for Paul Robeson on April 9
April 6, 2021Paul Robeson (1898-1976), actor, singer, athlete, civil rights activist, and humanitarian, is the inspiration for The Robey Theatre Company and the man from whom The Robey gets its name.
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‘Coastal Elites’: Diary of the Plague Year
April 5, 2021It's the first excellent film that speaks to what we have been through as a society during the pandemic.
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‘Pros and Cons’: Scamming neoliberal scammers
April 2, 2021The popularity of these series is an indication of the anxiety experienced by a class which is every day watching itself falling into an increasingly regressive two-class system.
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‘The Present’: The future is the gift
March 31, 2021“The Present” is a thin slice of life, one day with the Palestinian Yusef (Saleh Bakri) as he attempts to buy an anniversary gift for his wife Noor (Mariam Basha).
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Gayming: LGBTQ representation still missing or hidden in video games
March 29, 2021If gaming companies and writers continue to shy away from making LGBTQ representation explicit, the cycle will just continue.
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