The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is now available to watch at home via premium video on demand. Those interested can purchase the movie for $30 on Apple TV, Fandango at Home, and Prime Video. Those ...

In “Rasputin,” the biographer Antony Beevor delves into the mysterious life of the last czarina’s mystic adviser. By Sophie Pinkham Sophie Pinkham is the author of “The Oak and the Larch: A Forest ...

Ever since Dhurandhar 2 brought Rasputin roaring back into Reels and playlists, the Internet has been mildly obsessed with the man himself. Social media has now "discovered" something else: Rasputin's ...

The song came from the streets of Ottoman Istanbul. Katibim is an 18th or 19th-century Istanbul urban folk song known as Uskudara Gider Iken The melody spread across Balkans, Middle East, and South ...

Both frogs and toads are tailless amphibians that belong to the order Anura. Although they vary in terms of texture of the skin, their body shapes, their habitat choices and how and when they mate.

In 1999, Antony Beevor published Stalingrad, his account of the nihilistic battle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that was a pivotal event in the second World War. The story combined ...

Most will remember John Cage Meets Sun Ra (Meltdown Records, 1987), drawn from a June 8, 1986 concert at Coney Island, at the initiative of producer Rick Russo to promote his new label. Cage did not ...

What emerges is not only the story of one extraordinary individual, but also a deeply felt portrait of a ruling dynasty so frightened, isolated and dysfunctional that it placed its faith in a ...

Some documentaries explain their subjects. Others let their aura do the talking. Sun Ra: Do the Impossible, directed by Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Christine Turner, firmly belongs to the latter ...

As Rasputin’s influence grew, so did public outrage. Few understood the real reason the Romanovs protected him: his apparent ability to ease the suffering of the heir, Alexei. Instead, rumors of ...

The impossible is normally treated like a locked door — something to knock against, curse under your breath, and then walk away from once the frustration sets in. As a Black American, impossibility is ...

From swing to bebop to free jazz, Sun Ra bridged myriad musical styles to create a singular avant-garde sound, and with his ever-evolving collective, the Sun Ra Arkestra, he pushed the boundaries of ...