Culture
Red Diaper Baby: Big Brother’s still watching you
September 23, 2019The world premiere of Leda Siskind’s thought-provoking, topical The Surveillance Trilogy is so perfectly timed.
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The continuing revelatory power of Gertrude Stein’s ‘In Circles’
September 20, 2019“A rose is a rose is a rose” is perhaps the most quotable quote from pioneering openly lesbian American poet, playwright, novelist and opera librettist Gertrude Stein.
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Chelsea Handler’s new Netflix white privilege documentary misses the mark
September 19, 2019What happens when a wildly successful rich white woman comedian realizes she’s had access to immeasurable opportunities throughout her life? She makes a documentary centering herself.
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‘Loro’: A semi-fictional portrait of business titan and politician Silvio Berlusconi
September 19, 2019Excessive self-indulgence is the byword of Paolo Sorrentino’s new film Loro.
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Will musical and film triumphs spill over into German politics?
September 18, 2019On August 24, the famed Berliner Philharmoniker (the Berlin Philharmonic) offered an amazing performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at Brandenburg Gate.
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