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It has taken more than a year for “Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?,” Travis Wilkerson’s great documentary of mourning and reckoning, to reach general audiences—it premièred at Sundance in January, 2017, and opens at Film Forum on Wednesday.…
A couple of weeks ago, smartly dressed couples and googly-eyed teens filled Shepherd’s Bush Empire, a two-thousand-seat hall nestled in a mostly residential enclave of West London, for a headlining Valentine’s Day performance by the budding singer Jorja Smith. Partners…
Republicans often criticized the Obama administration for “mistreating” our allies. Many of them seemed to believe that collecting allies was a bit like accumulating Facebook friends: the more the merrier—never mind whether they share Americans’ values. Some of President Donald…
Today’s big-budget superheroes are a cosmopolitan crew. Internationalism is in; “truth, justice, and the American way” are out. Indeed, Bryan Singer’s Superman was fighting for “truth, justice, and all that stuff” as early as 2006, while Zack Snyder’s 2017 version…
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that public sector unions fear could deal a heavy blow by potentially reducing their financial coffers and opening the door for declines in membership. The case, Janus v. AFSCME Council…
Monica Lewinsky is perhaps the woman who suffered the most public damage from a relationship that was a prime example of an abuse of power. The #MeToo movement has forced her to confront what happened between herself and President Bill…
