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London music
fromLondon Unattached
3 days ago

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - ENO - Review

Mahagonny depicts a manufactured boom town where permissive hedonism and commodified pleasures fuel social decay and ultimately expose the collapse of unfettered capitalism.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
5 days ago

The founder of the modern environmental movement was queer. Why did it take so long to out her? - LGBTQ Nation

Queer love intertwines with the wild and environmental critique to challenge capitalism's exploitation of nature and point toward political and social renewal.
Film
fromKqed
1 month ago

'Dead Man's Wire' Is a Retro Thriller That's Pertinent to the Present

Dead Man's Wire channels Dog Day Afternoon's righteous rage and contemporary echoes, propelled by Bill Skarsgård's intense performance and critique of media spectacle and capitalism.
fromKqed
1 month ago

'Dead Man's Wire' Is a Retro Thriller That's Pertinent to the Present

The subsequent standoff moved to Kiritsis' apartment and eventually concluded in a live televised news conference. The whole ordeal received some renewed attention in a 2022 podcast dramatization starring Jon Hamm. That's owed significantly to Skarsgård, who gives one of his finest and least adorned performances. While best known for films like It, The Crow and Nosferatu, here Skarsgård has little more than some green polyester and a very '70s mustache to alter his looks. The straightforward, jittery intensity of his performance propels Dead Man's Wire.
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