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Directors Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David P. Schmidt, along with screenwriter Geoffrey C. Ward, make learning history both accessible and enjoyable.
This heartbreaking book documents the history of contemporary Russia through its women.
‘60s pop aficionados know there’s more to The Cyrkle than its Fab Four connections.
This is poetry that sets its goals, finds the right language to reach them, hits hard, and recovers an ancient purpose for verse that has fallen by the wayside in recent times: consolation.
I found it remarkable to explore the exhibition, then experience a kind of filmic audience with the artist, then return, fired up and enlightened, to the beautiful installation.
Like other Eastern European artists, Radu Jude is at his best channeling his anger through dark comedy.
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Cultural Commentary: France Marks the 10th Anniversary of the Bataclan Attacks
The aftermath of a terrorist act becomes an opportunistic event for those selling us a certain bill of partisan geo-political goods… while simultaneously diminishing our latitude as citizens.
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