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Andrea Long Chu Owns the Libs
In “Authority: Essays,” a new collection of criticism from the past five years, Andrea Long Chu explains that her goal is to make a reader feel “as if I...
“Caught by the Tides” Is a Gorgeous Vision of Loss and Renewal
More than two decades in the making, Jia Zhangke’s mostly archival film embodies the sweeping transformations of modern China in its very construction. Source link
The Miscalculations of COVID School Closures
On June 26, 2020, three months after the coronavirus pandemic had seized the United States, the American Academy of Pediatrics, which represents about sixty-seven thousand pediatric physicians, issued guidance...
Why Even Try if You Have A.I.?
A couple of years ago, my wife bought my then four-year-old son a supercool set of wooden ramps, which could be combined with our furniture to create courses through...
The Return of “My Favorite Season,” a Great Modern Melodrama
Melodrama isn’t central to modern French cinema, because melodrama is rooted in irony, whereas one could hardly slip a playing card between most great French directors’ intentions and results....
When Jews Sought the Promised Land in Texas
Ezekiel was an exile. Born in the kingdom of Judah, he survived the siege of Jerusalem, in 597 B.C.E., but afterward was banished with his fellow-Jews to Babylon. While...
Barry Blitt’s “The First Hundred Days”
President Donald J. Trump began his second term with a hundred-day blitz, as a way to both get revenge on his perceived foes and take the country in an...
The Rise of Megan Moroney, Emo Cowgirl
“I don’t write a whole lot of love songs,” Megan Moroney said last month, onstage at Radio City Music Hall. Fortunately, that’s not exactly true. Almost all her songs...
Requiem for a “Drunk Dad”
Jeff Bark’s elaborately composed scenes channel sundered American fantasies. They also function as personal folklore. Source link
The Show Can’t Go On
Funding shifts at three of the largest philanthropic foundations have brought turbulence and uncertainty to the intricate New York support system for the performing arts. Source link
