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King Lear

Power, Loss, and Madness in Kurosawa’s Ran and Shakespeare’s King Lear
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Power, Loss, and Madness in Kurosawa’s Ran and Shakespeare’s King Lear

By Nathan Pensky / 7 May 2021

By identifying King Lear with the ancient Japanese warlord Hidetora, whose violations emerge from a breach of publicly identified self-hood, Akira Kurosawa plays with the quintessentially Shakespearean focus on individual personality.

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I don’t think you can win this game. On the box, it says it’s a tragedy.

By G. Christopher Williams / 13 February 2013
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In All Things Pop Culture, Reinterpretation is the Key to Relevancy

By David Charpentier / 11 September 2012
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Between Church & State

By shathley Q / 1 September 2011
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Godard’s Invisible Cinema: The Neglected Genius of Late-Period Godard

By Calum Marsh / 13 May 2011

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Liberation Blues: Tinariwen Invoke the Sahel’s Complex History on ‘Amatssou’
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Liberation Blues: Tinariwen Invoke the Sahel’s Complex History on ‘Amatssou’

By Christopher J. Lee / 5 June 2023
No Sex Please, We’re British: Coil’s Subversively Overt Homosexuality
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No Sex Please, We’re British: Coil’s Subversively Overt Homosexuality

By Nick Soulsby / 5 June 2023
Jeff Buckley’s ‘Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk’ at 25
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Jeff Buckley’s ‘Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk’ at 25

By Adam Sobsey / 2 June 2023
Ranking the 34 ‘Ted Lasso’ Episodes
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Ranking the 34 ‘Ted Lasso’ Episodes

By Jeremy Levine / 1 June 2023
‘Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille’
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‘Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille’

By George de Stefano / 1 June 2023

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PopMatters Seeks Music Writers

By PopMatters Staff / 28 September 2022
PopMatters Seeks Film Critics and Essayists
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PopMatters Seeks Film Critics and Essayists

By Karen Zarker / 28 September 2022
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PopMatters Seeks Television Critics and Essayists

By Karen Zarker / 28 September 2022

 
 
 

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Liberation Blues: Tinariwen Invoke the Sahel’s Complex History on ‘Amatssou’
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Liberation Blues: Tinariwen Invoke the Sahel’s Complex History on ‘Amatssou’

By Christopher J. Lee / 5 June 2023
No Sex Please, We’re British: Coil’s Subversively Overt Homosexuality
Books/By the Book/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Music/Music Features

No Sex Please, We’re British: Coil’s Subversively Overt Homosexuality

By Nick Soulsby / 5 June 2023
Jeff Buckley’s ‘Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk’ at 25
All Things Reconsidered/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Music/Music Features/Pop Past

Jeff Buckley’s ‘Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk’ at 25

By Adam Sobsey / 2 June 2023
Ranking the 34 ‘Ted Lasso’ Episodes
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Ranking the 34 ‘Ted Lasso’ Episodes

By Jeremy Levine / 1 June 2023
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