Culture

Black composer Joseph Bologne’s opera ‘The Anonymous Lover’ to stream November 14

November 10, 2020 By Special to People’s World

The Anonymous Lover will be the inaugural presentation of LA Opera’s On Now initiative to make streaming a permanent part of its programming.

Features from Iran at 2020 Toronto International Film Festival

November 4, 2020 By Bill Meyer

Many critics rate Iranian cinema as one of the most significant artistically, comparable to the classic Italian neorealist movement.

George Mann’s new CD, ‘The Coronavirus Sessions,’ pure joy in the struggle

November 2, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon

There’s something quite special about his latest CD, made under grueling conditions between March and August of 2020, one of our country’s roughest patches, and there have been a few.

‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ a provocative mockumentary that lampoons conservative political culture

October 30, 2020 By Brian W. Major

What makes the film most hilarious (and discouraging) is the utter honesty that is revealed by the reactionary people encountered.

New graphic book helps to ‘Unrig’ our broken election system

October 30, 2020 By Tony Pecinovsky

A better articulation of the class dynamics at work in our political system would have added to Newman and O’Connor’s overall analysis of our broken democracy, but this is still a very valuable book.