Arts

Mark Bradford says he wanted his Spoiled Foot installation to make the viewer feel "as if the center of the room was no longer available."

Arts

Memory Fuels Art And Activism In Mark Bradford's 'Tomorrow Is Another Day'

5:22am October 19, 2018

by Susan Stamberg

Bradford represented the U.S. at the 2017 Venice Biennale. An exhibit of his work is now on view at The Baltimore Museum of Art — where one curator says he may well be the best painter working today.

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Kobe Bryant Removed As Animation Festival Juror After Protest Over Past Allegations

9:10pm October 18, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

A petition launched by "women and allies in the animation community" demanded "that accused rapist and sexual predator Kobe Bryant be removed" from the Animation Is Us festival.

"I ... am! Your singing tel-a-gram!": Michael Myers (Nick Castle) pays a visit to Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in David Gordon Green's Halloween.

Arts

'Halloween': This Time, Laurie Strode Is Locked And Loaded

6:46pm October 18, 2018

by Monica Castillo

Critic Monica Castillo says this Halloween sequel takes as its true subject the lingering effects of the trauma Jamie Lee Curtis' character experienced in the 1978 original. (Also there's stabbing.)

Ruth (Blythe Danner) and Bridget (Hilary Swank) share a moment in writer/director Elizabeth Chomko's intimate family drama, What They Had.

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A Family In Quiet Crisis Gathers To Assess 'What They Had' — And What They've Still Got

5:00pm October 18, 2018

by Ella Taylor

In her debut feature, writer/director Elizabeth Chomko brings fresh insight — and a stellar cast — to the "dysfunctional family" subgenre; the result is "funny and sad, but never mawkish."

She said see you later boy: Stevie (Sunny Suljic) stars in Jonah Hill's Mid90s.

Arts

In 'Mid90s' Jonah Hill Looks At Skater Culture Through A Lens, Blankly

5:00pm October 18, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Jonah Hill writes and directs this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale about a boy who embraces skater culture; the film faithfully documents the era, but offers no point of view.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan in Wildlife (IFC Films).

Arts

In 'Wildlife,' Carey Mulligan's Performance Blazes Bright

5:00pm October 18, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

Paul Dano movingly adapts Richard Ford's 1990 novel about a couple (Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan) whose marriage crumbles as their son (Ed Oxenbould) watches.

'The Big Fella' Highlights Babe Ruth's Spot As First Celebrity Sports Star

3:48pm October 18, 2018

by Scott Detrow

Jane Leavy tells the story of Ruth as the first baseball superstar — but also of his roles as movie star, vaudeville performer, barnstormer, pitchman for every conceivable product, and columnist.

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'Ruth Bader Ginsburg' Reminds Us Why The Justice Is A True Legal Icon

12:29pm October 18, 2018

by Michelle Olsen

Jane Sherron De Hart's biography sheds light on personal and professional challenges Ginsburg faced on the way to the top and puts the Supreme Court justice's life in context.

Books
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'Melmoth' Bears Witness To Our Worst, Loneliest Moments

7:00am October 18, 2018

by Annalisa Quinn

Sarah Perry's new novel isn't subtle — it's full of ominous birds, guttering candles and mysterious figures in gloomy windows. But there's something satisfying about its emotional flamboyance.

Eleanor Roosevelt's advice column — "If You Ask Me" — ran from 1941, when she was still first lady, to her death in 1962. She's shown in October 1957.

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What Would Eleanor Do? 'If You Ask Me' Revisits Roosevelt's Advice Columns

7:47pm October 17, 2018

by Maureen Corrigan

For 20 years, Roosevelt answered reader questions on topics monumental, mundane and everywhere in between. A new book presents a selection of her essential advice and practical wisdom.

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