Hundreds of film industry professionals, including Mark Ruffalo, Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem and Cynthia Nixon have pledged not to work with Israeli artists, whom they are targeting based on national origin.
Debussy’s Douze Études, written in the final years of his life, are not just technical exercises but sound-sculptures that redefine the piano’s possibilities. Far from conventional tonality, they map out new sonic landscapes with elegance, wit, and a fearless sense of exploration.
When I dropped the Born to Run record onto my Panasonic turntable and Springsteen sang, “So you’re scared and you’re thinking/That maybe we ain’t that young anymore” on the opening track, “Thunder Road,” I felt as if he were speaking directly to me.
More than offering an escape, fantasy worlds can also show what courage looks like in times of authoritarianism, when the odds are stacked against you.
Kendall Beck, who has 455K followers on Instagram and 4.7M likes on TikTok, pulls you into a version of Japan that feels both wildly specific and strangely intimate, writes Kalyee Srithnam.
I am 83 years old. Recently, I have been doing open-mic comedy.
“The pendulum is a tool for communication with your subconscious, which includes your emotional mind. It knows the truth.”
We unfamous people have tons of talents and skills to show to the world, says a writer with Down syndrome.
Two insightful books, American Avant-Garde Cinema’s Philosophy of the In-Between by Rebecca Sheehan and Screening Fears: On Protective Media by Francesco Casetti, both share an equally astute exploration of the archetypal and collective mythologies that define classic cinema regardless of its genre.
For “No Other Land,” a Palestinian-Israeli film nominated for best documentary at the 2025 Academy Awards, this exposure is unlikely to translate into commercial success in the U.S. That’s because the film has been unable to find a company to distribute it in America.
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