Culture
Comic cosmic consciousness in East meets West meets jest ‘Yoga Play’
October 7, 2019Yoga Play is the latest installment in the tradition of works about and interactions between “mystical” Easterners encountering Westerners living in the material world who seek enlightenment.
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‘Joker’ exposes the broken class system that creates its own monsters
October 4, 2019“Kill the rich– a new movement?” - Joker
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Biopics on Helen Reddy and Jean Seberg at TIFF: Part 1
October 4, 2019The story of this courageous woman has finally reached the big screen where her commitment to peace and justice will now be appreciated by a world audience.
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Rembrandt: His times and his art on the 350th anniversary of his death
October 3, 2019Rembrandt anticipated a democratic culture that was yet to come. He was the first to place modern knowledge, understanding, and therefore doubt, at the center of his art.
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“Intersectional before it was cool”: The women’s movement during state socialism
October 3, 2019Without a doubt, the Cold War was a very productive moment for women's rights because the Eastern Bloc once championed them on the international stage.
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