List of Culture articles
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fury_2014_poster1 Fury: A hard close-up view of small unit cohesion, both the good and bad sides
I give high marks to the film’s authenticity, which portrays true cohesion.
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fury_2014_poster1 What I intended to do in Fury: The film’s writer and director responds to CSM Rush
It seems that, because of Fury, I will forever be known by some parties as the filmmaker who failed to do his homework.
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dunkirk Brexit’s Dunkirk Fantasyland
If the cultural roots of Brexit are reduced to one sentiment, it is that Britain did not win two world wars to be run by Germany via Brussels.
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dunkirk_film_poster ‘Dunkirk’: Hey, ‘Hunter,’ it’s actually a compelling war film ahead of its time
“Hunter” states that “Dunkirk “is “anti-war in that is unlike most war films,” while I would argue the reason it is unlike most war films is the very reason it is so effective today.
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GettyImages-698760372crop Who Will Win the Battle for the Bolshoi?
The cancellation of a controversial ballet at Russia’s premiere theater holds dark clues as to where the country could be headed after Putin.
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SB-2_SW_V1 The 1980s American Soap Opera That Explains How Russia Feels About Everything
A look at the peculiar obsession with “Santa Barbara” in the post-Soviet experience.
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hajek_jeffries2 German Philosophy Has Finally Gone Viral. Will That Be Its Undoing?
A new generation of rockstar philosophers are taking the discipline to the masses. But their TED Talks, TV shows, and best-sellers might be ruining it forever.
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Hajek_Jeffries1 Verdirbt Richard David Precht die Deutsche Philosophie?
Eine neue Generation deutscher Philosophen bringt die Disziplin Kants, Hegels und Adornos näher ans Volk als je zuvor -- und vielleicht eher zu Fall.
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Passport_Surana_SW_V1 The Elephant in the Comedy Club
A troupe of popular young comics avoids mixing humor and politics in Rwanda.
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Tan Final Web Flat For the Love of Welsh Rarebit
In a politically correct era, is it ever OK to crave colonialist cuisine?
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CORAL GABLES, FL - APRIL 27: Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee perform onstage at the Billboard Latin Music Awards at Watsco Center on April 27, 2017 in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Sergi Alexander/Getty Images) ‘Despacito’ Is Too Sexy for Malaysia, Says Minister
State-owned outlets are prohibited from broadcasting the steamy Latin hit.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - MAY 25: Actress Gal Gadot arrives at the Premiere Of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Wonder Woman" at the Pantages Theatre on May 25, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ‘Wonder Woman’: Wonderful war movie
The strength of the film is really in the ideas.
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war-machine06 Screw Brad Pitt and the ‘War Machine’ He Rode in On
The Stanley McChrystal — and the war in Afghanistan — I knew is not at all like what you’ll see on Netflix.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - MAY 25: Actress Gal Gadot arrives at the Premiere Of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Wonder Woman" at the Pantages Theatre on May 25, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) At the Last Minute, Lebanon Bans ‘Wonder Woman’
Lebanon, which is still technically at war with Israel, banned the film because the lead actress is Israeli.
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passport_wittmeyer Don’t Call It Brexit Radio
Union JACK Radio was supposed to celebrate the quirks of British culture, from tea and scones to Mr. Bean. Then came Brexit. Then came the angry tweets.
