There are very few “truly good” people left out there. The people who remember your birthday, cover your shift without being asked, and bring snacks to meetings that didn't require snacks. They are, ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

Note to readers and/or listeners: this feature was originally published on March 21, 2024. The podcast – well, phone call – was recorded on March 12, 2024 but will be released for the first time with ...

I’ve been tasked with a handful of recommendation letters over the past few years. It comes easier to me— speaking to what ...

Today is Flannery O’Connor’s birthday. The author of Everything That Rises Must Converge would be 101. I’m a week late for Stéphane Mallarmé, “the most mysterious of poets” according to a blurb on the ...

Updated to modern London and a family of real estate developers, this gritty take on Shakespeare's classic tragedy is ...

At just under two hours, “Hamlet” feels rushed. I agree with Polonius that brevity is the soul of wit (a line curiously ...

Movies like A Simple Plan, Flesh and Blood, and 20th Century Women are genuine masterpieces, but have become unfairly ...

Riz Ahmed and Aneil Karia discuss their modern Hamlet, its South Asian setting, and why they kept the original dialogue.

Bethlehem-born writer-director Annemarie Jacir is at the cutting edge of a new generation of Palestinian filmmakers breaking ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoes tipped wage freeze, setting up City Council showdown Thirty aldermen last week voted to pause a 2023 ordinance that gradually eliminates Chicago's subminimum wage ...