Fotografiska NY Shines a Deserving Spotlight on Mysterious Photographer Vivian Maier

Sandra Bertrand

Wandering the urban streets of New York City, then later in her adopted city of Chicago, her chosen subjects appear as anonymous as she attempted to make herself. Ordinary, yes, banal, yes, but we can see, as Maier did, something extraordinary. 

Remastered 'Caligula' Promises More Over-the-Top Debauchery

Forrest Hartman

This new Caligula, re-edited by Thomas Negovan using 96 hours of recently discovered footage, remains a bizarre mix of pretension, melodrama, historic liberties and pornography, punctuated by memorable (yet mostly poor) performances.

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Shows That an Old Corpse Can Still Have Heart

Ulises Duenas

 While the script isn’t as sharp as in the first movie, Beetlejuice himself is still charming and creepy. Whoever designed the props and underworld characters did a great job of making them look in line with the first movie, while also not making them too grotesque.

This Year Celebrates the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Impressionism -- Visit the Sites Where It Ignited

Barbara Noe Kennedy

To truly understand its origins, you must travel to the rugged coastlines of Normandy. Here, a group of visionary painters, including Eugène Boudin and a young Claude Monet, gathered in the 1860s to discuss radical new approaches to art.

Thrilling Documentary ‘War Game’ Considers the Threat of Another Insurrection

Ben Friedman

In a moment of bone-chilling honesty, Chris Jones admits thinking, “I can’t believe I was shooting farmers in Afghanistan while these fu**ers are still breathing back home.” For Jones, January 6 was not a wakeup call -- rather, it served as a confirmation of a successful coup d’état of American armed services indoctrinated into a far-right ideology akin to fascism.

Why Travelers Reached Their Breaking Point This Summer

Christopher Elliot

Andy Abramson did it when American Airlines delayed his recent flight from Orlando to Las Vegas. When a representative told him he couldn't get on an earlier flight because he didn't have enough status, he said, "That was my breaking point."

Citizen Journalism Offers Significant Benefits -- but Also Poses Challenges

Angelo Franco-DeWitt

These ethical dilemmas extend to the monetization of citizen journalism as well. As platforms like YouTube and Instagram enable users to profit from their content, the line between genuine reporting and content creation for financial gain becomes blurred.

This News Aggregator and Dating App Helps News Nerds Meet

Hanaa' Tameez

Adam Harder came up with the idea for InPress last year; among other media jobs, he was a broadcast journalist for the U.S. Air Force for several years. He’s currently self-funding the application and has a team of seven part-time staffers, but nobody is being paid.

Is Trump Playing RFK Jr. for a Fool?

Eric Green

Political observers have said Kennedy intends to sell his endorsement to whoever would be the highest bidder. Reportedly, Kennedy was willing to endorse Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in exchange for a role in her administration. But his offer was rejected, and he turned to Trump.

On the Hunt for a Soccer Superstar in Joseph O’Neill’s ‘Godwin’

Lee Polevoi

The novel’s opening pages—first narrated by Lakesha (soon caught up in the throes of office politics), then Mark, back to Lakesha, and so on—are marked by brisk prose and closely observed insights. But during Mark’s journey to England, a long stretch of exposition about soccer and related matters threatens to stall the narrative’s forward motion.

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