An intriguing perspective on how the great film director's life infused his art enabling him to compose some of the most memorable films in the history of filmmaking.
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Climate Change: A Disaster Movie in Slow Motion
Climate change is unfolding like a disaster movie in slow motion.
Read More »White Youth Corps Against Bigotry
There need to be regiments of young white people coalescing into squadrons of anti-racism reformers to modernize and re-educate white racists.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Jane the Plain’ by August Schulenburg
Schulenberg marshals all his gifts for comedy, poetry, scintillating wordplay and magical realism in his latest Flux Theatre bouquet – until it all runs away from him.
Read More »Theatre Review (Buffalo, NY): ‘The Anastasia Trials in The Court of Women’ by Carolyn Gage
The Brazen Faced Varlets, a Buffalo, NY based feminist thespian group puts Anastasia and inequality towards women on trial.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Intermission’ by Daniel Libman
This crisply paced and well-acted new play takes a metafictional look at the hard consequences of manipulating others.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Playing With Grownups’ by Hannah Patterson
Joanna and Robert have Stella and Jake over to see baby Lily and have dinner and wine. What unfolds is unexpected and forces the characters to look at themselves and their relationships with each other.
Read More »Research Continues on Meditation’s Health Benefits
No one wants to be in pain, and few like to talk about it. But I do want to write about what many are now finding to be one of the most effective pain medicines: meditation. Although there are many meditation studies and reports that indicate it’s helpful in alleviating …
Read More »Brush Up on Your Mother’s Day Trivia Before Sunday Brunch
Impress your mother (or your friends) this year with your knowledge about the history of Mother's Day.
Read More »New Executive Clemency Initiative from the Department of Justice
On April 23, 2014, Attorney General of the United States, Eric H. Holder announced a new initiative intended to encourage appropriate candidates to petition for executive clemency.
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