Author: Michael

Jewish, Israeli and Zionist artists are facing a growing wave of protests, cancellations and professional exclusion across the entertainment industry, according to new research from the Anti-Defamation League that argues some activism over Israel and Palestine has crossed the line into antisemitism and identity-based exclusion. The ADL documented 65 cases across 41 U.S. locations involving Jewish, Israeli or Zionist performers, ranging from canceled appearances and disrupted performances to harassment and organized boycott campaigns. The findings are part of the organization’s new “State of the Arts” initiative, which examines what it describes as systemic exclusion of Jewish and Israeli artists across…

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Mike Flanagan has long been lauded as a modern horror maestro, so it will come as no surprise that his adaptation of Stephen King’s “Carrie” is exceptional. What might be surprising, though, is why his latest foray into King’s nightmares stands out the way that it does. Flanagan — acting as both showrunner and frequent director here — has always been open about the fact his version of the story is very different from King’s original text. What’s interesting, though, is that he goes well beyond contemporizing “Carrie” (which has a modern setting, 52 years after the original novel). This…

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