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‘Queens of Drama’ review: French lesbian musical takes no prisoners exploring patriarchy, pop culture, and feminine rage
April 14, 2025The result is a chaotic musical odyssey with dark humor and biting social commentary.
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The crime novel 2025: Expanding and contracting at the same time
April 11, 2025LYON, France — As times grow more dire, with a major recession looming, war and perhaps nuclear war always on the horizon, and the latest climate catastrophe filling each day’s headlines, audiences are turning to the...
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Book review: ‘Love is Solidarity in Action: Poems from the Frontlines of the Class Struggle’
April 10, 2025The latest book from International Publishers uses poetry to express the triumphs and struggles of the working class.
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‘Adolescence’: TV vérité masterpiece or just adolescent?
April 9, 2025Adolescence: Not a TV vérité masterpiece but simply “posh” pretentiousness.
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‘Jane Eyre’: Charlotte’s web captures Me Rochester, You Jane on stage
April 8, 2025Jeanne Syquia embodies the title character’s intensity, integrity, intellect and sensitivity with her finely etched portrait of the 19ish-year-old governess yearning to breathe free.
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