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The film’s intellectual friskiness is everywhere, and at times it takes centerstage at the expense of the story.
“Achieving some sort of balance is key; to capture the heart and soul of who we are, and to present that on our stages, so that we continually challenge audiences and surprise ourselves.”
This week’s poem: Jillian Boger’s “I Never Learned How to Speak”
Director Tony Estrella’s version of Ibsen’s tragedy smooths out an energetic path — the action moves along with compelling alacrity.
Reviews of “Josephine,: the film that won Sundance’s top award for 2026 and of “Aanookibijigan” and “The Gallerist”.
This hybrid narrative laces romantic adventure with a bit of horror, the supernatural, and mathematical derring-do—all within an increasingly realistic depiction of the times and of the people who survived them.
Richard Hell is the only New York artist of the past fifty years to give Lou Reed and Patti Smith a run for their money.
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“Sirāt” is a heart-stopping, surreal reflection of our contemporary moment.
Visual Art Commentary: Silence Is Complicity — Why Museums Must Use Their Voice to Defend Democracy
At a moment when arts and culture, public education, historical memory, and American democracy itself are under coordinated attack, silence is not a neutral posture. It is a decision with consequences.
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