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In a WordNonce words, coined for the occasionSocial media commentary was focused on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's use of complexifier, which came up when he explained, “My ownership of the Washington Post is a complexifier for me.” The question echoed through cyberspace: “Is complexifier even a word?”
It’s not just a game – it’s a lifestyleThere’s nowhere to hide from basketball in Bloomington, Ind.
The best movies to see in FebruaryThis month Monitor film critic Peter Rainer enjoyed films such as ‘Free Solo’ and ‘Ruben Brandt, Collector.’
Looking for our nation’s forgotten stories? Turn up the volume.Ordinary folks often get left out of history books, but an overlooked medium may encourage a more inclusive historical record: audio. Sound recordings offer a more nuanced story of our past.
First Look'Green Book' snatches best picture, historic wins for diversity at the OscarsThe motion picture academy threw its fullest support Sunday behind a traditional "interracial buddy tale," denying its top award to Netflix or Marvel, which would have made history. Across all categories, more women and black individual nominees won than ever before.
- ‘Ruben Brandt, Collector’ is intricate, inventive
In the film, a psychotherapist believes he has to steal paintings.
Top Picks: Steve Gunn’s 'The Unseen In Between,' CBS's 'Aretha!,' and moreThe documentary 'Science Fair,' which chronicles the efforts of young people to triumph at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, is available to rent and buy via iTunes and Google Play, Netflix’s new animated series 'Carmen Sandiego' reimagines the title character as a contemporary Robin Hood, and more top picks.
What are you watching? Readers recommend 'The Mule,' 'On the Road with Charles Kuralt'Monitor TV and movie fans share what they've been watching lately.
In a WordWhat the mall has in common with chain mailWhat does modern suburban shopping have to do with medieval armor? A lot, at least etymologically speaking.
I advocate for qualityOur speeded-up age resists it, because quality takes time.
Technology helps sustain K-pop popularityA combination of timing and technology helped K-pop win a formidable American fandom, with the latter key to how it’s consumed and enjoyed – particularly via social media.
‘Who Will Write Our History’ gives witness to Nazi atrocitiesWarsaw Ghetto residents preserved a trove of evidence.
First LookWith only days to go, a furor over changes at the OscarsThe film academy's decision to remove four award categories from the live portion of the Feb. 24 broadcast has drawn widespread criticisms, not least from dozens of Hollywood heavyweights. The academy insists on shrinking the show to reverse sliding ratings.
Top 5 movies about US presidentsThis Presidents’ Day weekend, you might be tempted to venture out and see a few new movies. Or your thoughts might turn to how Hollywood has portrayed US presidents. Monitor film critic Peter Rainer shows how its handling of America’s chief executives does – and doesn’t – mirror the treatment they get from the public.
Top Picks: Mercury Rev's 'The Delta Sweete Revisited,' Ovation's 'The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook,' and moreJournalist Elvis Mitchell travels to the areas that inspired filmmakers and actors in an Epix series, 'Elvis Goes There,' 'The Birth of Loud,' by Ian S. Port, chronicles the fascinating story of how Leo Fender and Les Paul developed competing models of the now-iconic electric guitar, and more top picks.
In a WordMigrating letters and other curiositiesRebracketing occurs when an utterance is broken down and reassembled along the wrong lines, and has produced a number of English words, such as “mall.”
In which Dave and I find an amphibious unicornLost in the woods, we spotted a large metal lid set into the ground.
In Israel, singing for social harmonyKoolulam is a mass singing initiative created with the goal of mending searing social divisions in this country by encouraging people to stand up and make music together. The events are filmed and shared widely on social media and have gone viral in Israel.
Photo Gallery: Year of the Pig comes to Buddhist center in BostonThe Lunar New Year took place on Feb. 5, 2019. In Dorchester Mass., Vietnamese Americans gathered in a Buddhist cultural center for an evening of prayer, traditional food, and music as part of a worldwide celebration of the Year of the Pig.
'Free Solo' chronicles efforts of mountain climber to work without aid of ropes or harnessesThe impressive Oscar-nominated documentary, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, is not the kind of movie you want to be watching if you have a fear of heights.
