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Do We Need Another Green Revolution?
“Carbon farming and vertical farming are wildly overhyped,” Grunwald concludes. “Plant-based meat has floundered in the market, while cultivated meat hasn’t really made it to market.” He adds, “I’m...
Bach’s Colossus
Bach’s Mass in B Minor begins with a majestic howl of pain—four adagio bars that combine formal grandeur with writhing interior lines, as if figures in a cathedral frieze...
The Magic of Daylight in a Land of Sun Worship
With “P’unchaw,” the photographer Victor Zea captures the light falling on Cuzco, Peru, where people have mixed Catholic and Indigenous Andean beliefs. Source link
Why I Wear the Turban
“The Turban” exposes a paradox. I can’t imagine ever surrendering my turban. It’s become soldered to my identity, serving as both the ultimate in-group badge and a versatile stylistic...
Revisiting “Columbus,” a Thrilling Drama of Growing Up Modernist
There’s a special kind of movie that’s inextricably linked to where it’s filmed. The locations aren’t just picturesque settings for action but part of the subject—as if the film...
“F1” is a Well-Tooled Engine of Entertainment
In “F1,” a snazzy piece of blockbuster engineering, Brad Pitt plays Sonny Hayes, a devotee of fast cars, beautiful women, and simple living. A professional gambler and an occasional...
“Familiar Touch” Is an Exquisitely Fragmentary Portrait of Memory Loss
We all have our distinct cinematic pressure points, specific kinds of images that trigger a burst of squeamishness. I instinctively cover my eyes whenever I see a character chopping...
Anne Enright’s Literary Journeys to Australia and New Zealand
Not long ago, the Irish writer Anne Enright visited Australia and New Zealand. When asking for a local recommendation at the Potts Point Bookshop, in Sydney, she was encouraged...
The World That ABBA Made
There is probably not a second that goes by without an ABBA song being played somewhere in the world. A remix of “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)”...
