Just about everyone seems to love Pope Francis. By presenting a face of humility and innate decency to the world, he’s done wonders for the Catholic Church’s...
When playwright Arthur Miller directed Death of a Salesman in Beijing some 30 years ago, the tragedy was a hit with Chinese audiences. That surprised some: How...
Allen Ginsberg. Jack Kerouac. William Burroughs. Lucien Carr.
Lucien Carr?
Carr may be less familiar than the others—all icons of the Beat Generation—...
The early heroes of the AIDS epidemic were honored in How to Survive a Plague, a 2012 documentary that focused on efforts to pressure health officials to...
You always remember where you were the first time you saw Assassins.
I was in the Riffe Center’s Studio One, which looked a lot different than it does...
Jim Azelvandre’s last name is pronounced “A-zel-van-der,” with the accent on that first, long “A.” You’ll need to know that in case you ever get in a...