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As UK Tries to Curb Immigration, Rural Scotland Looks to Attract Foreign Workers
Bucking the anti-immigration trend in British politics, remote areas of Scotland would like to attract foreign workers to offset declining local populations.
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Director of Philadelphia Art Museum Is Dismissed After Unpopular Rebranding
Sasha Suda was three years into her five-year contract when the museum’s board announced that she was being terminated for cause.
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Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work
In a series of social media posts, the department used the artist’s paintings to promote the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda.
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Flying with Her Angels: Diane Ladd (1935-2025)
On November 30th, on what would have been her 90th birthday, TCM is airing a double feature of two of Diane Ladd’s best performances: 1974’s “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and 1991’s “Rambling Rose.” Oscar-nominated for both, they are wonderful examples of Ladd’s skill at sketching characters who felt like people you knew. She had…
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Two Thumbs Up to Siskel & Ebert’s 50th Anniversary: “Eve’s Bayou” Kicks Off Film Series
I am wildly excited that for the whole month of November, the Chicago Film Office of the City’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), and the Chicago History Museum are collaborating to celebrate the anniversary of the beginning of the iconic movie review show started by my late husband, Roger Ebert, and his…
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Short Films in Focus: 24 Hours After Reading Tuesdays With Morrie (with Scott Tinkham)
I’m not sure I’m fully qualified to write this review, even though I have seen Scott Tinkham’s “24 Hours After Reading Tuesdays With Morrie” more than a few times. I almost–almost–programmed it for the Chicago Critics Film Festival this year, but blinked, second-guessed, and perhaps chickened out. “Are people gonna get this? Do I get…
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A Preview of the 2025 Black Harvest Film Festival
With the fall chill in the air and the holidays on the horizon, Black Harvest Film Festival is set to return to the Gene Siskel Film Center, Nov 7-16. The festival, programmed by Jada-Amina and Nick Leffel, boasts an eclectic and vibrant array of Black stories whose diasporic origins and bold ingenuity provide cinematic warmth…
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In Search of the Simpsonville Massacre
In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists are still searching for their remains.
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The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.
The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely using chatbots to boost the number of citations they’ve published.
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Restaurant Review: Sunny’s Steakhouse in Miami
Sunny’s brings South Florida flair to a classic American genre, and the steaks are outstanding.