Time, Space, and Annie Baker Time, Space, and Annie Baker
The playwright's remarkable debut film, Janet Planet, immerses the viewer in the sounds and sorrow of a middle-schooler's endless summer.
Jun 24, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Nora Caplan-Bricker
How the Academy Flubbed Its Moguls Memorial How the Academy Flubbed Its Moguls Memorial
The Academy's film museum, seeking to placate critics who decried its earlier omission of Jewish moguls, rushes to fix its clumsy handling of a sensitive subject.
Jun 21, 2024 / Ben Schwartz
Christopher Bollen’s Cairo Thriller Christopher Bollen’s Cairo Thriller
The Lost Americans captures the atmosphere of paranoia and surveillance in the years since 2013.
Jun 20, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Hussein Omar
Juneteenth Juneteenth
Juneteenth (June 19) commemorated the abolition of slavery in the United States, it became a national holiday on June 17, 2021.
Jun 19, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
A Message From 1930: Zion Cannot Be Built on Bayonets A Message From 1930: Zion Cannot Be Built on Bayonets
A hope for a more just future echoes across the decades from the pages of The Nation magazine.
Jun 19, 2024 / Richard Kreitner
How the 1960s Ended—and the Unending War in Gaza How the 1960s Ended—and the Unending War in Gaza
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Francine Prose talks about her memoir 1974, and Hussein Ibish explains why neither Hamas nor Israel want a cease-fire.
Jun 19, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Contextual Bodies Contextual Bodies
Self-portraits juxtaposed on images sourced from the criminology records of Cuba aim to dismantle entrenched stereotypes and societal biases tethered to black masculinity and crimi...
Jun 18, 2024 / OppArt / Esteban Jiménez Guerra
Assassination and US Foreign Policy Since 1945 Assassination and US Foreign Policy Since 1945
On this episode of American Prestige, Luca Trenta on US policy on assassinations as a foreign policy tool.
Jun 18, 2024 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
Diane Oliver’s Fiction From Both Sides of the Color Line Diane Oliver’s Fiction From Both Sides of the Color Line
Neighbors and Other Stories, a posthumously released collection, looks at all the uncertainty and promise of coming of age during and after the civil rights era.
Jun 17, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kelton Ellis
The Inhuman Gaze of “Evil Does Not Exist” The Inhuman Gaze of “Evil Does Not Exist”
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s new film, an eco-thriller set in a sylvan Japanese town, explores the messy entanglements of human, machine, and nature that make up planetary existence.
Jun 13, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Phoebe Chen