
Spy parenting 101: Deadly decisions on “The Americans”
Characters Philip and Elizabeth Jennings are good parents. That is their baseline identity.

“Batman v Superman”: It’s hero vs. hero, but the audience loses
This film is the cinematic equivalent of a child slamming two plastic toy dinosaurs into one another.

New play confronts Alaskan Native and Caucasian worlds
In this play, an angry teenager from a troubled home in Juneau is sent to live and work with his Tlingit grandparents in a remote fishing village.

“Spies Are Forever”: When genres collide
The conventions of the espionage thriller meet the attributes of the musical, with lots of comedy along the way.

“Anthracite Fields” earns Pulitzer for music about Pennsylvania coal miners
The working class has gained a new champion in the concert hall with the rise of composer Julia Wolfe.

