Culture
‘The Long Walk’ review: Brutal and riveting expression of extremism and indoctrination
September 12, 2025If you’re looking for escapism with this Stephen King adaptation, look elsewhere. This movie definitely holds a mirror up to our society and its extreme political divisions and violence.
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Review: ‘Woody at Home,’ at last
August 19, 2025The album shows Guthrie in his element: informal and with a moral force that speaks to our own moment of aggravated conflict with race hatred and fascism.
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Shostakovich’s 13th Symphony ‘Babi Yar’: A profound reflection on Soviet society, history, and humanism
August 8, 2025The themes range from the suffering inflicted by Nazi Germany and the resilience found in humour, to the trauma of Stalinism and the quiet strength of enduring women.
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Voice actors at Comic-Con warn of AI peril facing culture and the arts
July 30, 2025Although artificial intelligence is touted as the way of the future, it can only tell us where we’ve been, it can only consume what is already out there.
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‘Nautilus’: A seaworthy vessel that Disney tried to sink
July 23, 2025Streaming was supposed to be a goldmine, but increasingly the vein is running dry.
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