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The New York Film Festival: Gaza Photographer Resurrected on Film, Shocking Desert Rave Saga, and Jafar Panahi Returns

October 18, 2025
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Three powerful films at NYFF about violence, survival, and revenge.

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Book Review: “House of Diggs” — The Tragic Arc of a Black Civil Rights Champion

October 18, 2025
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“House of Diggs” is an engaging biography of a historically important Black Congressman, an effective advocate for racial equality who fell prey to the temptation of ‘living large.’

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Film Review: “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” — Maternal Fury Fuels a Ferocious Dark Comedy

October 17, 2025
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“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: is a powerful addition to the recent female-created examinations of the ways women, and particularly mothers, can be unsupported or outright dismissed by contemporary society.

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Book Review: “Against Morality” — The Shaming Regime

October 17, 2025
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“Against Morality” is the cri de coeur of a cultural critic who realizes that the presentation of art and its adjacent pursuits, including much art itself, have become the subsidiaries of progressive politics.

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Doc Talk: Eyes in Gaza

October 16, 2025
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Documentaries at the Boston Palestine Film Festival look into the abyss.

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Theater Review: Manual Cinema’s “Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster” — Amusing, Joyful, and Creative

October 16, 2025
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With its visual and emotional impact, “Leonardo! A Wonderful Show about a Terrible Monster” provides an expansive, more inclusive view of what theater can do for children.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

October 16, 2025
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The week’s poem: Jennifer Martelli’s “Monday Night”

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Book Review: “Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It” — Brushing Away Platform Decay

October 16, 2025
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Journalist Cory Doctorow transforms what might be seen as a viral complaint into a theory of digital decay, tracing how the internet’s early architecture of openness curdled into a landscape of monopolized chokepoints.

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Short Fuse Podcast #74: Shakespeare in South Africa —  Now and Then

October 15, 2025
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Host Elizabeth Howard talks to South African Shakespeare scholar Chris Thurman about how the Bard is regarded, discussed, and performed in a postcolonial, post-apartheid country.

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Concert Review: My Morning Jacket Rewards Devoted Fans with an Expansive Set at MGM Fenway

October 15, 2025
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Seasoned fans were most likely to appreciate My Morning Jacket’s generous — if imperfect — sprawl.

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