Athol Fugard: the great South African playwright who captured what it means to be human
His characters – tramps, discarded people, poor people, people on the fringes – are connected with all the people we know of today who are refugees.
Athol Fugard, South African theater artist whose works confronted apartheid, dies at 92
Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as 'The ...
South Africa's giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
Fugard was born in Middleburg in the semiarid Karoo on June 11, 1932. His father was an English-Irish man whose joy was ...
The Ancient Horsemen Who Created the Modern World
New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 ...
SXSW 2025: 25 Movies and Shows to Check Out
From indie dramas and documentaries to midnight movies and animated shorts, there’s something for everyone at SXSW 2025. Keep ...
‘Adobe of Down,’ About a Religious Community in Siberia, Picked Up by Taskovski Ahead of CPH:DOX Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Taskovski Films has acquired Kristina Shtubert’s “Adobe of Down,” which is set to have its international premiere in the Next ...
Animal skins, bells, ritual chaos: Ancient burnout remedy is still at the heart of Greece’s carnival
Feeling overwhelmed by everyday obligations or doom-scrolling? The ancient Greeks had a remedy for burnout still practiced ...
The CEO of Anthropic thinks it may be impossible to warn people about the risks of AI — but he's still going to try
Dario Amodei expects people to "wake up" to both the risks and rewards of the technology within the next two years.
Haifaa Al Mansour’s Thriller ‘Unidentified’ Pre-Sells To Key European Territories For Rebranded Paradise City Sales
EXCLUSIVE: Saudi director Haifaa Al Mansour’s thriller Unidentified has secured distribution in a raft of territories out of ...
Channing Tatum’s Axed Gambit Movie Was a ‘Screwball Romantic Comedy,’ Says Lizzy Caplan: ‘It’s Kind of Odd That It Got Scrapped’
Channing Tatum’s axed Gambit movie was a “screwball romantic comedy,” Lizzy Caplan recently revealed to Business Insider.
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What people? What power?
People power. A grammatically awkward term but one which still inspires some pride of the time when Filipinos stood up after years of martial law and, the final blow—patently fraudulent elections.
How Roman society integrated people who altered their bodies and defied gender norms
There may have been fear of gender-diverse people in the ancient world, but they played a crucial role. In Rome, they were ...