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Todd Haynes's direction in 'Wonderstruck' keeps plot at emotional removeThe film follows a 12-year-old boy (Oakes Fegley) and a 12-year-old girl (Millicent Simmonds) whose stories are told contrapuntally 50 years apart, his in the vibrantly colored New York City of 1977, hers in the black-and-white New York of 1927.
Top Picks: The Shelters' debut album, the Netflix documentary 'Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold,' and more top picksGet a refresher on the time when Constantinople was the flagship city of the Roman Empire with the podcast The History of Byzantium, desserts become true works of art on the Instagram account of Karin Pfeiff Boschek, and more top picks.
Meanwhile... political and economic gains of Minneapolis's Somali immigrant community have turned city into a global modelAnd in Tampere, Finland, McDonald’s is testing its first vegan menu item, while members of Sierra Leone's National Scrabble Association team are seeking government or corporate assistance to be able to attend the World English Scrabble Players Association Championship in Kenya.
To my amazement, I’m with the bandAs the wife of a rock drummer, I lead a fantasy life at night.
Documentary brings Goodall’s story to vivid life in ‘Jane’We are so used to seeing reenactments in documentaries of this sort that to see footage of real chimpanzees is both unnerving and exhilarating.
'The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)' is wide-ranging, self-indulgentThe new movie is writer-director Noah Baumbach’s latest foray into nattery family dysfunction.
Top Picks: Kamasi Washington's 'Harmony of Difference,' the movie 'Afterimage,' and moreIf you’re a hiker who likes to figure out every detail of your adventure before you leave the house, check out the Footpath app, check out recently departed musician Tom Petty and his band performing one of their most well-known hits, and more top picks.
Meanwhile... in Bhutan, the government is opening the door wider to foreign tourismAnd in the Congo, Belgian biologist Koen Hufkens is 'already a long way toward predicting the Congo forest’s future' thanks to a treasure trove of notebooks, while a fairy-tale rescue story could raise awareness of the plight of abandoned dogs on Mauritius.
In ‘Ex Libris,’ the story of libraries is really about infinitely complex peopleDirector Frederick Wiseman is consistently first-rate, and this latest documentary is no exception.
Top Picks: Cat Stevens' 'The Laughing Apple,' 'The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt,' and more top picksA Broadway musical comes to TV with PBS’s broadcast of 'She Loves Me,' the Pocket Casts app gives you a new way to keep track of all the podcasts you love, and more top picks.
First LookGucci announces it will no longer use fur in its designsThe Italian high fashion house announced this week that its designs will no longer include animal fur in response to changing consumer tastes. Gucci joins other fashion houses striving for more ethical and humane luxury lines.
Meanwhile... in Guam, the US Navy is trying to grow coral in a nurseryAnd in Ethiopia, designer Yamerote 'Yami' Mengistu is making and selling fashion merchandise in her native Ethiopia, attempting to provide gainful employment for Ethiopian women, while Irish golfer Adam Rolston has completed the longest golf hole in history.
As punishment, it laid an eggI set out to teach my daughter a lesson, but in the end, the lesson was mine.
Fifty years later, a look back at how the Monterey Jazz Festival changed cultureThe Monterey Jazz Festival, which took place this past September, inspired the legendary Monterey International Pop Music Festival and paved the way for events today like the popular Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
Jimmy Kimmel's empathy touches a chord with late night viewersThe host's success, observers say, comes from finding personal connections to complex policies, and talking through partisan issues such as health care and gun control just like an average voter trying to understand politics.
In 'Blade Runner 2049,' 'visionary' is synonymous with slow and monotonousThere are flashes of visual grandeur in “Blade Runner 2049,” which was shot by the always inventive Roger Deakins, but there’s not much reason for this film to exist outside of its fan base.
'Blade Runner 2049': Why some science fiction writers are tired of dystopiasThe long-awaited sequel to 1982's 'Blade Runner' seems inspired by present-day concerns. But amid the grim apocalyptic narratives, authors such as Neal Stephenson and Cory Doctorow argue that futuristic fiction should leave room for optimism and vision.
Top Picks: 'Rostam: Half-Light,' the SkySafari 5 app, and moreCritically acclaimed superhero box-office hit 'Wonder Woman' is now available on DVD and Blu-ray, the iHandy Carpenter app is a valuable companion if you’re looking to take care of some home improvement projects, and more top picks.
Remarkable 'The Florida Project' explores vagaries of childhoodMost of the film's cast, with the exception of Willem Dafoe and a few others, have had little or no theatrical experience. Brooklynn Kimberly Prince stars as 6-year-old Moonee.
Meanwhile... book-loving Somalis defy the threats of terroristsAnd in Slovakia, one of the world’s more unusual museums opened last month: Štefan Polgári opened the Múzeum Mobilov – or Museum of Vintage Cellphones – in his home.
