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Top Picks: Dido's 'Still on My Mind,' PBS's 'Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People,' and moreThe film 'Burning'聽is available on DVD and Blu-ray,聽producer聽Andrew Huang makes聽enjoyable, interesting music using fireworks, shaving supplies, and Legos, and more top picks.
The top movies to see in MarchThe films that impressed Monitor film critic Peter Rainer this month include 鈥楾he Highwaymen鈥� and 鈥楢sh Is Purest White.鈥�
In a WordWhatnots, commodes, and credenzasI never got a whatnot growing up, even though I always wanted one. But what exactly is a whatnot?聽This week I decided to find out once and for all.
Rock on. How biopics are giving rock 鈥檔鈥� roll new life.Copycat biopics are blossoming now that Queen鈥檚 鈥楤ohemian Rhapsody鈥� showed what鈥檚 possible. Does more artist involvement reveal a concern about their music enduring in an age of information overload?
Jordan Peele returns to horror with 'Us'The film is聽a more ambitious work than Peele鈥檚 鈥楪et Out,鈥� but despite some extraordinary sequences, it鈥檚 also a lesser work.- 鈥楾he Highwaymen鈥� retells 鈥楤onnie and Clyde鈥� storyThe focus is now on the lawmen who ambushed the duo.
In a WordStatus words reflect changing timesTerms that at first simply denote status come to acquire moral connotations 鈥� low-status聽words gain negative meanings and high-status words pick up positive ones.
First LookUnlikely pop icon: Robert Mueller inspires creative tributesSpecial counsel Robert Mueller has assumed a sort of folk hero status for some Americans across the political spectrum. His persona has inspired a range artistic tributes, including handmade makeup bags and earrings adorned with his profile.
鈥楢sh Is Purest White鈥� burns with quiet, incandescent forceDirector Jia Zhangke does extraordinary work.
Performances in 鈥楾he Mustang鈥� have the sharp tang of authenticityMatthias Schoenaerts stars as a convict who bonds with a mustang while serving out his prison time in the Nevada desert.聽
Top Picks: 'The Guilty,' 'Diana Ross: Her Life, Love, and Legacy,' and moreNils Landgren has single-handedly made playing the trombone cool, the Criterion Channel is聽the Criterion Collection鈥檚 first native video streaming site, and more top picks.
What are you watching? Readers recommend 'Parks and Recreation,' 'The Princess Bride'Monitor TV and movie fans share what they've been watching lately.
In a WordCounting higher than fingers and toesLinguists speculate that the base-10 number system developed independently around the world because it was inspired by the most obvious tools we have to count with 鈥� our fingers.
'Captain Marvel' lacks wit and oomphThe first Marvel Comics woman superhero movie suffers from wooden dialogue and a misuse of good actors.聽
Is the music industry finally facing its #MeToo moment?Iconic artists R. Kelly, Ryan Adams, and the late Michael Jackson have finally faced a reckoning for alleged sexual abuse. Credit a rise in the power of female musicians and shifts in public opinion about sexual abuse.
'Transit' unfolds an imperiled world with echoes of our own海角大神 Petzold's new movie draws on noir films and wartime melodrama, but he takes these elements in a wholly different direction.
One woman, one bike, one world
Beyond clich茅s: Teen anxiety prompts closer look at young livesA majority of young people say they feel stressed out, pointing to causes other than social media. How are adults trying to address and shift teenage thought?
In a WordLearning math is easier in some languagesI have been struck by how precisely Japanese encodes the base-10 number system used by most cultures around the world.
鈥楢pollo 11鈥� brings back awe of 1969 moon landingThe documentary's never-before-seen footage conjures up the聽transcendent hopefulness of the mission.
