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On May 22, Public Broadcasting Service started streaming its new 5-part series Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland. The series is a brilliant, heart-wrenching, often violent account of the struggle for Irish independence through previously unheard personal testimonies and extensive archival footage...

The image of John James Audubon is firmly lodged in our consciousness as a great, perhaps the greatest, American naturalist. Audubon’s seminal Birds of America (1827-1839), a beautiful if daunting collection of 453 of his life-sized paintings of North American Birds, towers over the field, setting...

The Green Music Center at Sonoma State University announces its 2023 summer concert season—Summer at the Green 2023.

Until recently, films with children as the subject were generally considered a risky proposition. Child-centered cinema consisted largely of animation, action or family stories. Children were thought too immature, unable to hold the screen, unreliable actors, either over-broad or lacking nuance.

Until recently, films with children as the subject were generally considered a risky proposition. Child-centered cinema consisted largely of animation, action or family stories. Children were thought too immature, unable to hold the screen, unreliable actors, either over-broad or lacking nuance.

Virtually ignored for much of her early career, politically controversial, and at odds with conventional mores and art trends, Alice Neel’s life and work (1900-84) are beacons for socially conscious artists, particularly women.

Editor’s note: The following review contains some plot spoilers. Like any trainwreck, Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle of Sadness is hard to look away from. There’s a florid cast of characters, lots of action, and clear political rooting interests.

From the blog of Michael Berkowitz at The Times of Israel

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache stares directly into the camera. From behind dark rimmed glasses, his large laconic brown eyes are thoughtful, pained. He is earnest, empathetic, a well-mannered person whose every utterance expresses concern for everyone he comes in contact with, from his colleagues t...

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache stares directly into the camera. From behind dark rimmed glasses, his large laconic brown eyes are thoughtful, pained. He is earnest, empathetic, a well-mannered person whose every utterance expresses concern for everyone he comes in contact with, from his colleagues t...