Culture
Communist Abraham Lincoln Brigade volunteer Paul Wendorf’s letters published in Spain
January 2, 2024The letters of Paul Wendorf, a member of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, have been translated and published in Spain by Salamanca University Press as Vida y lucha de otro norteamericano en las trincheras de España.
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Feature films of the world at 2023 Toronto International Film Festival
January 2, 2024TORONTO — The word “International” in the name of the Toronto International Film Festival emphasizes exactly that: It’s indeed one of the most prestigious and largest public film festivals in the world. Between 300-400 supercalifragilisticexpialidocious films...
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Top 25 global series 2023: Frugality and austerity trump creativity
December 21, 2023Expect shorter series, fewer episodes and faster pulling of the plug so that the landscape begins to look more like that of already frugal budget-conscious series from around the world.
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Review: ‘A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy’
December 21, 2023Thrall’s telling of Abed’s story enumerates and catalogues the poisonous indignities of life under apartheid.
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Art is labor, so why aren’t musicians and other artists viewed as workers?
December 21, 2023In the 1930s, artists came to think of themselves as cultural workers and their labor activism exploded.
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