Culture
Getting it right on Hampton, the Panthers, and ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
March 2, 2021Joe Sims makes the case that a recent People's World film review missed the mark on some important historical details.
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a Veteran For Peace
March 1, 2021Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1919-2021
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‘Nomadland’: Moving on with America’s homeless van dwellers
March 1, 2021In Nomadland, Frances McDormand, the pre-eminent actor of our generation, has sketched a complex, but all too familiar character at the edge of society.
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‘Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story’ at PAFF
March 1, 2021I learned a lot from this very enjoyable, well-told 57-minute chronicle narrated by actor Courtney B. Vance that is about a truly admirable, gifted, dignified human being who defied the racism of his times by his...
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Álvaro Cunhal’s prison novel ‘The Six-Pointed Star’—A chat with the translator
February 26, 2021The English translator of the latest Cunhal/Tiago novel shares the background to this epic story of life behind bars in fascist Portugal.
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