Category: Culture

The Hand: An Anti-Totalitarian Animation, Banned for Two Decades & Now Considered One of the Greatest Animations (1965)

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For obvi­ous rea­sons, most art pro­duced under oppres­sive regimes comes off as painstak­ing­ly inof­fen­sive. For equal­ly obvi­ous rea­sons, the rare…

The Humane Vision of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

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I first saw Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre under the best of possible circumstances. No more than sixteen…

Why Lady Gaga’s comeback hits the spot

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Inside Out (Credit: Inside Out) The pop star has returned with a bombastic new song, the first single from her…

A cultural stroll through the Moroccan city of Tangier

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This week in Paris des Arts, FRANCE 24’s Valérie Fayolle sets her sights between the Atlantic and Mediterranean: Tangier in…

A Short Visual History of America, According to the Irreverent Comic Artist R. Crumb

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As a founder of the “under­ground comix” move­ment in the 1960s, R. Crumb is either revered as a pio­neer­ing satirist…

“All Things Change, Nothing Perishes”—The Body in Annihilation

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Spoiler Alert: This article contains mild spoilers for the book and movie Annihilation. It’s been a long time since I’ve…

The boy who lived a secret life in World of Warcraft

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Netflix When Mats Steen died at the age of 25 in 2014 from a degenerative muscular disease, his parents, Robert…

2024 Volunteerism in the Arts Award! — BC Alliance for Arts + Culture

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Nominations Are Currently Open for the 2024 Volunteerism in the Arts Award! Do you know an outstanding volunteer who’s making…

Summer 2025 ready-to-wear collections: An invigorated avant garde

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Fashion’s avant garde is at its most creative when it looks to the outside world for inspiration. For next summer’s…

Hear 2.5 Hours of the Classical Music in Haruki Murakami’s Novels: Liszt, Beethoven, Janáček, and More

 admin  October 25, 2024  0 Comments on Hear 2.5 Hours of the Classical Music in Haruki Murakami’s Novels: Liszt, Beethoven, Janáček, and More

Haru­ki Murakami’s hit nov­el 1Q84 fea­tures a mem­o­rable scene in a taxi­cab on a grid­locked free­way whose radio is play­ing Leoš Janáček’s…

Explorations of Tribalism in Death Stranding, Sable, and Chants of Sennaar

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These three unique takes on tribalism highlight the wide-ranging discourse that can be found in the modern gaming landscape ….

In 1924 a risqué silent film featured a woman as US president

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Alamy (Credit: Alamy) The Last Man on Earth is one of the earliest films in history to feature a female…

Join the Alliance’s Board of Directors! — BC Alliance for Arts + Culture

 admin  October 24, 2024  0 Comments on Join the Alliance’s Board of Directors! — BC Alliance for Arts + Culture

The Alliance is currently welcoming expressions of interest from individualsinterested in joining our Board of Directors! The Board of Directors…

'Monsieur Aznavour': Legendary singer's life brought to the screen in France

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He was an icon of la chanson française. Charles Aznavour’s lyrical talent illuminated the 20th century and shone until his death…