arts
Switzerland’s Best Foreign Film Oscar submission goes full circle
February 12, 2015Swiss co-writer/director Stefan Haupt's The Circle (Der Kreis) is a strong fact-based drama about the struggle for gay rights in Switzerland.
Read more“Dancer in the Revolution”: Memoir of Stretch Johnson, Harlem communist
February 12, 2015History is a curious thing, full of drama, intrigue, plot twists, misadventures. Howard "Stretch" Johnson's memoir is similarly curious.
Read moreToday in African American history: Opera soprano Leontyne Price
February 11, 2015Leontyne Price's recordings earned her numerous honors, including more than a dozen Grammy Awards.
Read more“Seven Days in May”: A movie you might have missed
February 9, 2015Seven Days in May is a fine example of art that entertains but that also provides strong insight.
Read more“Billy Elliot”: Broadway musical meets proletarian drama
January 23, 2015Combines a commercial, crowd-pleasing form of expression that also roots the characters and plot firmly in class conflict and consciousness.
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