Culture
“Get Out”: New film shows the horror of white liberals’ racism
February 27, 2017"Get Out" directly confronts the violence of white liberalism, allowing us to fully experience the sweeping pervasiveness of racism beyond ultra-right fascist tropes.
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“Moonlight,” “Neruda,” Viggo Mortensen among 2016 Progie Award winners
February 27, 2017The Progies are the “un-Oscar,” the people’s “alternative Academy Awards.”
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“Fun Home”: Emotional autobiographical musical shows how “it got better”
February 24, 2017"Fun Home" traces the progress and emergence of a creative talent.
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Ten films that shook the world: The Russian Revolution centennial
February 22, 2017The programmer and co-presenter of “Ten Films That Shook the World” is film historian and critic Ed Rampell.
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Japanese American internment commemorated by a new oratorio
February 21, 2017The project was timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, that resulted in the forced removal and incarceration of around 120,000 Japanese...
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