The Met Opera banned Netrebko in early March following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, claiming she had not done enough to disassociate herself from the Putin regime.
The crackdown is a continuation of the attempt by the Ukrainian regime at “ethno-cultural cleansing” of Russian literature, of any period or political persuasion.
The years following the 2008 global financial crisis were marked by speculative parasitism escalating to stratospheric heights. Neumann’s grotesque, New Age company arose within these conditions.
Despite the band’s apparently spontaneous origins and its members’ professed amateurism, Wet Leg (2022) does not sound sloppy or tossed off.
The miniseries dramatizes how a young female CEO started and grew a biotech company that delivered on none of its promises, defrauding patients and bilking investors of 100s of millions of dollars.
There is a tendency here to impose contemporary upper-middle class concerns onto characters—even historical figures—with harmful results.
Adapted from Kay’s bestselling diaries, the BBC’s gritty and realistic drama showing the unrelenting pressures on NHS staff has been well received by health workers and the public.
Abbott Elementary, set in a dilapidated Philadelphia school, is an unusually smart series. Aired on ABC and streamed on Hulu, the show has gained both critical accolades and a loyal following, including among teachers.
The years following the 2008 global financial crisis were marked by speculative parasitism escalating to stratospheric heights. Neumann’s grotesque, New Age company arose within these conditions.
The United States military has mobilized its war propaganda machine in Hollywood to produce the sequel to 1986’s Top Gun, about fighter pilots in the US Navy.
The film’s most remarkable, and moving, aspect is that its dialogue is carried forward almost entirely by former rank-and-file members of the IWW.
The latest entry in the comic book film franchise is grim, murky and pointless.
The Met Opera banned Netrebko in early March following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, claiming she had not done enough to disassociate herself from the Putin regime.
Despite the band’s apparently spontaneous origins and its members’ professed amateurism, Wet Leg (2022) does not sound sloppy or tossed off.
O’Connell’s detailed and richly referenced work examines the deportation from Australia of Colored Idea, a popular African-American jazz troupe, in 1928.
The city is presently the 7th largest in the United States (and second largest in the South). It has now become the largest US city without a symphony orchestra.
The central thesis of Braml’s book is that Germany must once again pursue its economic and geostrategic interests on its own—not only against Russia and China, but also and above all against the US.
Deirdre O’Connell’s detailed and well-researched 400-page book examines the political forces behind the frame-up and deportation from Australia of Sonny Clay’s Colored Idea, a black American jazz troupe, in 1928.
Tabak crafts a commendable and thorough charting of the reckless Foxconn debacle in Racine, Wisconsin but political conclusions must be drawn.
In this new collection, the stated theme of illusion is not always probed deeply—nor is it the only theme.
The WSWS recently spoke to filmmaker Nadav Lapid, director of Ahed’s Knee, on a video call.
Wizemann’s You Mean Everything to Me follows a young woman, Cassandra (Morgan Saylor), who, faced with homelessness, comes under the spell of a local DJ, Nathan (Ben Rosenfield).
The notorious Counter Terrorism and Investigation Department arrested Jazeem in May 2020, claiming that his poetry promoted extremism and falsely accused him of teaching extremism to his students.
Last week director, producer, painter and sculptor Andrew Levitas spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about his dramatic feature Minamata, featuring Johnny Depp as world-famous photographer W. Eugene Smith.
