Netflix’s new film 'I Care A Lot' is about the worst nightmare that could happen to vulnerable senior citizens.
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Climate Change’s Growing Toll on Culture and the Arts
From historic buildings to electric guitars, and from fine wines to ancient statues, irreplaceable pieces of culture and the arts around the world are falling victim to our runaway use of fossil fuels.
Read More »Film Review: Steve Zahn Gets Dramatic in Transgender Tale ‘Cowboys’
The new film by Anna Kerrigan tackles the subject of gender identity in a unique way.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Bliss’ – Amazon’s Surreal New Sci-Fi Romance
'Bliss,' a sci-fi romance now streaming on Amazon Prime, will do as much to delight you as it will to confound you.
Read More »Film Q&A: ‘Miss Virginia’ and the Real Miss Virginia
'Miss Virginia' tells the story of community activist Virginia Walden Ford and her fight to mobilize citizens of Washington, DC, to achieve better, safer schools.
Read More »Dice Game Review: ‘Bluffaneer’ from Big G Creative
This dice game offers high-seas hijinks on the tabletop as players bluff one another to collect the most gold.
Read More »Remote Learning – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
After the first week of remote learning for the spring 2021 semester, I have mixed feelings about the situation.
Read More »Charlie Doherty’s Top 50 Releases of 2020 (Phantogram, Nils Lofgren, Hum, Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, and More)
My annual list of personal favorite studio albums, EPs, live releases, and box sets.
Read More »Theater Review: ‘Dog Act’ by Liz Duffy Adams, from The Seeing Place Theater (Live Stream)
The visceral power of this post-apocalyptic, quasi-Shakespearean dark comedy doesn't come through in this virtual production.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse’ by Anahid Nersessian
'Keats's Odes: A Lover's Discourse' by Anahid Nersessian is a deep and accessible delve into the poetry of one of the great Romantic poets.
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