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Watching The End Of The World
Watching The End Of The World, an article by Stephen Phelan
A Fine Romance: When Love Neither Leaves nor Stays
But goes on being itself * * * True Love in cinema is more than fine acting, well-written scripts, or even directorial tone. Not that IMDb cast and crew should[...]
It’s Not Enough to Be Right—You Also Have to Be Kind
Being right—and even having facts and data to support it—will never be as persuasive as kindness.
“Stop Assuming that Everything You Feel or Think Is Right”—An Interview with…
Robert Greene is the author of The 48 Laws of Power and most recently, The Laws of Human Nature. His books, which are popular with many world leaders, celebrities, professional athletes and hip hop…
The Right to Sexuality
A couple with intellectual disabilities fights for the right to live together.
How Millennials Are Redefining Their Careers As Hustlers
Mastercard's social media hub, Conversation Suite “What do you do?” used to be a simple question. Individuals defined themselves by profession: teacher, engineer, pilot. Or by company: Con Edison,…
No, You're Not Addicted to Social Media
Opinion | What many commentators describe as an addiction is actually a powerful social norm at work. The distinction matters.
Time’s Up for the Male Canon
Girish Shambu What will it take to break the stranglehold of male domination in filmmaking? Despite the ever-increasing outcry, amplified by social media over the last few years, the work of women …
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I've written a manifesto titled "For a New Cinephilia" for the new issue of Film Quarterly. It's part of a special section of manifestos assembled and edited by B. Ruby Rich. All eleven manifestos can…
At War with Cultural Violence: The Critical Reception of SMALL SOLDIERS
Chapter Four of my book Movie Wars. It was originally written for Another Kind of Independence: Joe Dante and the Roger Corman Class of 1970, a critical collection coedited with Bill Krohn for the…
Does Choosing “The Year’s Best” Compromise the Truth? (Slate post)
Posted on Slate, December 27, 2005. — J.R. Does Choosing “The Year’s Best” Compromise the Truth? By Jonathan Rosenbaum Dec 27, 2005 2:13 PM Holiday Greetings, David, Scott, and Tony, David, I…
Politics and subjectivity: MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT on the Criterion Channel
Memories of Underdevelopment (1968). Jeff Smith here: Early last week, the Criterion Channel posted the latest in our series of “Observations on Film Art.”
Homophobic and transphobic hate crimes surge in England and Wales
Offences double since 2014 against gay and lesbian people and treble against trans people, Guardian analysis reveals
In Court, Facebook Blames Users for Destroying Their Own Right to Privacy
“The whole premise of Facebook is to render not private” your activity, said company lawyer, fighting off lawsuits over Cambridge Analytica data collection.
We Read 150 Privacy Policies. They Were an Incomprehensible Disaster.
The average policy took 18 minutes to finish and required a college-level reading ability.
Review: 'José' is a Tender Look at Being Young, Gay and Indigenous…
Quietly observational 'José' tells a story of gay love, loss and longing amidst a backdrop defined by machismo and religious taboos.
May I have a word... about Groucho Marx and the pleasures of…
He was a master of this splendidly named figure of speech
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Información periodística líder en idioma inglés con más de 65 años de experiencia. Leading English language newspaper report more than 65 years of experience.