Culture
Thornton Wilder says humanity must go on in ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’
July 22, 2019Picture yourself in a comfortable middle-class home on the Atlantic City Boardwalk in Excelsior, New Jersey—during the Ice Age!
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‘At War,’ class struggle film coming soon to a theater near you
July 22, 2019At War is very realistic and well-made—at times it seems like a documentary, and the cast is largely composed of nonprofessional actors.
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‘Soul of a Nation’: Art of the Black Power decades
July 19, 2019Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983 is a comprehensive, expansive, and some might consider exhaustive overview of the Black Power movement.
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Asia’s entertainment industry is having its #MeToo moment
July 17, 2019“In some way, the #MeToo movement has collectively empowered women without our knowing it, all over the world.”
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Bertolt Brecht’s Marxist masterpiece ‘Caucasian Chalk Circle’ in stunning production
July 17, 2019German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) changed 20th-century drama with his notion of “epic theater."
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