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There’s a Francophile aspect to the films of the South Korean director Hong Sang-soo that’s reflected in his occasional decision to film in France and with French actors—as in his new film, “Claire’s Camera,” which was shot in Cannes and…
There are many reasons for eating marijuana instead of smoking it—edibles give you a different sort of high, they say, and certainly delay the drug’s psychoactive effects, and pose no harm to your lungs—but flavor has not traditionally been one…
A hundred and eight years ago, the International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen voted to honor the struggle against male oppression by creating an International Women’s Day, now held every year on March 8th. If the celebration represented a…
Imagine being governed by both the center-left and center-right, and you’ve got the idea behind the Grand Coalition (GroKo) in Germany. The Social Democrats (SPD) have teamed up with the conservatives after two thirds of them agreed to the GroKo,…
Thomas Cole (1801-1848) was the leading American painter of his generation and at the front of what became known as the Hudson River School of landscape artists. Currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “THOMAS COLE’S JOURNEY: ATLANTIC CROSSINGS” emphasizes…
The most striking thing about the much-hyped Texas primaries is how ordinary they actually were. That was the message from the Texas Tribune’s Evan Smith, who has been following the state’s politics for the better part of three decades, when…
