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December 13, 2022 |
A writer’s time attending the theatrical trial that became the docuseries The Vow leads him to reflect more generally on the culture-wide moral relativism and abuse of language that allo... -
December 6, 2022 |
Credit: Duncan Cumming / Flickr Shokoofeh Azar, an Iranian writer living in exile in Australia, traces the women’s uprising forty-three years in the making as Iranians throw off the restri... -
August 31, 2022 |
A still from Prey (2022). Courtesy of 20th Century Studios. Hulu’s Prey—a narrative between a small band of Comanches, a humanoid predator, and French fur trappers on Com... -
July 26, 2022 |
The scene depicting the conversation between a pair of sentient googly-eyed rocks overlooking a mountain (Courtesy of A24 Films) A film scholar breaks down this “head-spinner” of a film in... -
June 13, 2022 |
Rayan Sarlak in the role of Little Brother from the film Hit the Road (2021) Editorial note: The following review includes spoilers. Hit the Road (2021), Panah Panah... -
May 11, 2022 |
Chilean writer Isabel Allende is known for her fantastic, passionate novels written in the style of magical realism. She has published twenty-five books and sold more than seventy-five million copies... -
February 21, 2022 |
Play Images: Umakant and Shriram Shirodkar A playwright in Pune, India, considers the contemporary relevance of the fifty-year-old cult play that remains one of the most written about and... -
January 24, 2022 |
Olivia Colman plays Leda in The Lost Daughter / Courtesy www.imdb.com An Italian film scholar reviews Maggie Gyllenhaal’s film adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel The Lost D... -
December 7, 2021 |
Photo courtesy of the author I worked on the Broadway production of Jersey Boys for three years before I ventured up to the fly rail of the August Wilson Theater. It was pre-show and... -
November 3, 2021 |
Lamar Babi, who plays Matthew (Niran's neighbor and love interest), enjoys a pomegranate while Niran's family gathers over a meal set on the floor / Photo by Kenneth Moss Born in Baghdad t... -
October 27, 2021 |
The outdoor Food for the People: Eating and Activism in Greater Washington exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum / Photo by Samir Meghelli, Curator The Smiths... -
September 21, 2021 |
BARBAR, Heartbeat (The Painter and the Thief), 2018, oil on canvas 150 x 220 cm Only connect! That was her whole sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be e... -
September 7, 2021 |
Photo by Deborah Vaia Amber Ambrose Aurèle is a shoe designer, teacher, and art historicist. In 2012 she graduated as one of the first-generation Master Shoe Design at ArtEZ Fashion Master... -
August 12, 2021 |
Rama Panda performing a Naga dance in Puri, Odisha State / Photo courtesy of the author “Gouranga has been diminished by fate,” writes Jitendra Nath Misra, “so let us give him a home.” In... -
July 20, 2021 |
Photo by slgckgc / Flickr Returning home to Manitoba, J. R. Patterson finds writer Jim Harrison’s meatballs are the comfort food he needs. There’s nothing quite like diving into a go... -
July 16, 2021 |
Adrian Aguilera (Mexican, b. 1981) and Betelhem Makonnen (Ethiopian American, b. 1972), untitled (a flag for John Lewis or a green screen placeholder for an America that is yet to be), 2... -
June 1, 2021 |
Stills from I Dream of Greenwood, with creative direction by Marie Casimir, produced by Michelle McChristian, and directed by Kollin Williford / Courtesy of Scissortail Media The co-chore... -
April 28, 2021 |
Nona Faustine, In Praise of Famous Men No More, 2019, courtesy of the artist and Two Palms, © by Nona Faustine In Fantasy America, a new exhibit at The Warhol, five cross-discip... -
April 19, 2021 |
Street mural for Grenfell Tower, with poem by Ben Okri, North Kensington, London, image courtesy of IranWire and #PaintTheChange. London-based writer Malu Halasa canvasses the Middle Easte... -
March 22, 2021 |
The artist is a lawyer who defends any accused person when society plays the role of the judge. I am generally biased for injustice and those stripped of their rights. ―Walid Ebeid Refle... -
March 18, 2021 |
Jasna Đuričić, in her role as Aida Selmanagic, from Jasmila Zbanic's film, Quo vadis, Aida? (2020) A war refugee from Bosnia now living, writing, and teaching in Sweden reviews... -
February 10, 2021 |
A promotional still of actor Mads Mikkelsen in the role of Hannibal Lecter from NBC's Hannibal. Clarice debuts on CBS All Access today, promising a “deep dive into the untold pe... -
February 9, 2021 |
Photo by István Biró The Tragedy of Man, by Imre Madách, premiered at the Gergely Csíky Theater of Timişoara on March 3, 2020, directed by Silviu Purcărete and adapted by András Visky. Aft... -
February 1, 2021 |
Yang Li. Photo from WEIBO. The emergence of “girl power” literally saved the show in Chinese stand-up comedy, while at the same time forming a concerted feminist voice. In this essay—punch... -
January 27, 2021 |
A still image from the film White Tiger (Netflix, 2021). After watching White Tiger, a writer contemplates the film alongside revolution in Egypt, Black Lives Matter prot...
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