arts and entertainment
500 shows and almost nothing to watch: 2019’s top ten TV series
December 19, 2019We have gone from what used to be called the Second Golden Age of Television to what is now referred to as “Peak TV.”
Read moreThree historic TV features on radical composer Marc Blitzstein now available for viewing
December 13, 2019All three videos have been posted complete on YouTube, free and available to all.
Read moreLatin America at the Toronto International Film Festival
November 22, 2019Cuba, plagued by endless U.S. boycotts and sanctions, has little money left to sustain and develop their cultural exports.
Read more‘The Two Popes’: The god couple
November 22, 2019Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, who was Oscar-nominated for 2002’s City of God and Golden Globe-nommed for 2005’s The Constant Gardener, is back with another topical film.
Read more‘The Irishman’: Pacino, Paquin and the gangs of New York are all here
November 20, 2019I enjoyed this epic three quarters of the way through, but I could have lived without the final hour or so, which basically deals with growing old.
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