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Power Plays

Power Plays

By Whitney Clay A play’s tension – like a fight in the 12th round with minutes on the clock – can sometimes hinge, not on an elaborate plot, but on a power shift between char...

Ana Mendieta: Does Tragedy Trump Art?

Ana Mendieta: Does Tragedy Trump Art?

By Whitney Clay In the early morning hours of Sept 8th, 1985, artist Ana Mendieta fell out of the window of the Mercer Street apartment she shared with her husband, sculptor Carl A...

Fashion Victim: Zoolander 2 Falls Prey

Fashion Victim: Zoolander 2 Falls Prey

By Whitney Clay Like its predecessor, Zoolander 2 is a colorful, chaotic mash-up of a movie that serves as an over-the top comedy/pseudo spy thriller, while all along mocking the f...

Portrait of Ana Mendieta from the Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Courtesy of Galerie Lelong, New York.

Ana Mendieta’s Films

By Carlene Olsen The camera zooms in on a section of sidewalk smeared with dark, nearly black, blood in front of a store. Several people walk by, alone and in pairs, hardly acknowl...

Sound


Deadpool, the Rise of the Anti-Superhero

By Sholeen Damarwala Director: Tim Miller Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin and Ed Skrein Run time: 108 minutes Queuing up in line for over 45 minutes to get a good seat to ...

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An Italian in New York
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By Shachar Peled Federica Gianni, an Italian native, has always had a complicated relationship with the place she calls home. In her eyes, Rome is a “little, closed village,&...


Movement

  • Deadpool, the Rise of the Anti-Superhero
    Deadpool, the Rise of the Anti-Superhero

    By Sholeen Damarwala Director: Tim Miller Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin and Ed Skrein Run time: 108 minutes Queuing up in line for over 45 minutes to get a good seat to ...

  • The Girl with Camera Eyes
    The Girl with Camera Eyes

    By Sholeen Damarwala “I have always felt destined to be a celebrity,” says Rachel Stern, a 26-year-old graduate student at the Columbia University School of the Arts. Pointing ...

  • Taking flight
    Taking flight

    By Adriana Küchler One morning, Guillermo Alarcon woke up Barbara Cigarroa, one of his 23 grandchildren, at 6:00 a.m. They were going hunting. Barbara, who was 12 at the time, was...


Performance

Power Plays
Power Plays

By Whitney Clay A play’s tension – like a fight in the 12th round with minutes on the clock – can sometimes hinge, not on an elaborate plot, but on a power shift between char...

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Sound

Deadpool, the Rise of the Anti-Superhero
Deadpool, the Rise of the Anti-Superhero

By Sholeen Damarwala Director: Tim Miller Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin and Ed Skrein Run time: 108 minutes Queuing up in line for over 45 minutes to get a good seat to ...

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Visual

Power Plays
Power Plays

By Whitney Clay A play’s tension – like a fight in the 12th round with minutes on the clock – can sometimes hinge, not on an elaborate plot, but on a power shift between char...

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Movement

Deadpool, the Rise of the Anti-Superhero
Deadpool, the Rise of the Anti-Superhero

By Sholeen Damarwala Director: Tim Miller Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin and Ed Skrein Run time: 108 minutes Queuing up in line for over 45 minutes to get a good seat to ...

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Beyond Category

For the Lonely Valentine, “How to Be Single” Delivers Laughs
Rebel Wilson teaches Dakota Johnson "How to Be Single" in still from film

For those who were challenged with the dreaded “dateless” Valentine’s Day, director Christian Ditters’ How to Be Single comes just in time. Based on the nov...

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