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I have always been a pre-planner. That’s probably my producer genome. I’m trained to look around every corner, to be ready for anything, see the... Read more →
Hey Jack
Hey Jack, Remember some years back, when I called to say we planned to start a Poetry Prize at Cultural Weekly. Could we name it after you? You... Read more →
5 Essentials I Have Learned Publishing Cultural Weekly
When I started Cultural Weekly, I thought it was going to be a blog. I was lucky enough to grab the URL CulturalWeekly.com, and I just started... Read more →
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Independent Films 2020: The Widening Gyre
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the falcon cannot hear the falconer,” wrote Yeats. As we begin a new decade, independent films... Read more →
In Avignon, Theatre Makes Its Time
"We see which way the stream of time doth run." - Henry IV, Part II In July the cobbled streets of Avignon fill with theatre-makers and... Read more →
Sundance Takeaway: Content Wars, Talent Wars
$13 million. $14 million. $15 million. Numbers most if us didn't expect to see at this year's Sundance Film Festival. But there those numbers were,... Read more →
Many, Many Hands: The State of Independent Film, 2019
This year it is harder than ever to calibrate the state of independent film. On the one hand, in 2018 there were over 800 indies released... Read more →
Synecdoche, Washington
For once the Dems got the visuals right. There they were, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, backed by a sea of American flags. They stood before the... Read more →
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Louise Steinman:
In Her Own Words
Since her abrupt firing on August 27, former ALOUD director Louise Steinman has mostly been quiet. She declined to comment for the media, and did not... Read more →
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Ken Brecher: Time to Talk
He began and ended with an apology; within those brackets he spoke of plans for the future, and actions in the past. "I regret that I didn't talk... Read more →
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