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We Have Entered A Dangerous Moral Universe We Have Entered A Dangerous Moral Universe

What futures can we imagine when we no longer trust our senses?

Dec 19, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret Is Jazz’s Most Dynamic Quintet

Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret Is Jazz’s Most Dynamic Quintet Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret Is Jazz’s Most Dynamic Quintet

Their new album is an impeccably accomplished and deeply satisfying collection created largely through free improvisation.

Dec 19, 2018 / David Hajdu

‘Survivor’ and the Strange Thrill of Late Capitalism’s Reality TV

‘Survivor’ and the Strange Thrill of Late Capitalism’s Reality TV ‘Survivor’ and the Strange Thrill of Late Capitalism’s Reality TV

The show fabricates a society to study how power is distributed within it, and in doing so, magnifies the demands that capitalism makes of ordinary people.

Dec 18, 2018 / Erin Schwartz

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

‘Conspiracy Theorists’ Refute Trump’s Fact-Filled Tweets ‘Conspiracy Theorists’ Refute Trump’s Fact-Filled Tweets

Sad!

Dec 18, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Roma screening

‘Roma’ for the People ‘Roma’ for the People

Alfonso Cuarón’s new film breathes new life into Mexico’s “haunted” presidential palace.

Dec 17, 2018 / Ellen Freeman

The Black Feminist Roots of James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’

The Black Feminist Roots of James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ The Black Feminist Roots of James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’

Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of the 1971 novel updates its black feminist framework to reflect today’s issues. 

Dec 17, 2018 / Elias Rodriques

The Marxist Pop-Culture Theorist Who Influenced a Generation

The Marxist Pop-Culture Theorist Who Influenced a Generation The Marxist Pop-Culture Theorist Who Influenced a Generation

Through his blog, k-punk, Mark Fisher pioneered a different kind of cultural criticism.

Dec 14, 2018 / Rob Arcand

The Triumph of the Brooklyn Museum’s ‘Soul of a Nation’

The Triumph of the Brooklyn Museum’s ‘Soul of a Nation’ The Triumph of the Brooklyn Museum’s ‘Soul of a Nation’

The landmark exhibit captures the revolutionary spirit and powerful introspection of black art in the 1960s and ’70s.

Dec 14, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

ignore this…

Dec 13, 2018 / Comix Nation / Ward Sutton

Playground, Night Washing Over

Playground, Night Washing Over Playground, Night Washing Over

A far sunset when we enter isn’t done yet when some things get as off centre as the swing set’s swaying censer. Here the landlocked grainy colour sandbox goes gray, grows a duller…

Dec 13, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Brian Wickers

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