Culture
“Zanna, Don’t!” — where gay is the norm, hetero is taboo
January 30, 2017It’s a fun show on a small stage, though almost obsessively focused on love and the tyranny of sexual uniformity.
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Music of resistance: Kurt Weill and Rabbi Joachim Prinz
January 30, 2017The fact that this festival took place at the moment of Trump’s crowning brought a timely significance to the deliberations.
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Bullying and family dynamics in “Late Company”
January 26, 2017Late Company is a forceful reminder of the responsibility everyone bears for their words and deeds.
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“The Salesman”: Iranian film asks: Is this the enemy?
January 26, 2017“The days of cinema giving answers is over. Cinema should ask questions…"
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Progie nominations are in for 2016’s best progressive films and filmmakers
January 24, 2017Nominees this year include: Nate Parker, Viggo Mortensen, a biopic about a Chilean poet, a documentary about James Baldwin, and more.
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