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The live-action shorts: Playful Christmas tales, fraternal friction, a 'visual poem' and social strife

The 2023 Oscar-nominated live-action shorts are highlighted by fascinating choices by a promising group of filmmakers, whether lacing environments with hidden meanings, fashioning a visual poem, letting Buster Keaton crash into harsh social reality, calmly observing character comedy or having a playful good time.

Los Angeles Times

10 books that 10 critics loved this year

“When Women Were Dragons,” by Kelly Barnhill. (Doubleday, $28.)

Tribune News Service

Robert Wilson: ‘We shouldn’t make theatre if we can’t laugh’

As his new version of Alfred Jarry’s scandalous Ubu Roi is staged in Spain, the innovative director considers the collision of the terrifying and the comic

The Guardian - UK

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Alan Tudyk infuses 'Resident Alien' with the art of clowning

Alan Tudyk owes his teachers more than a few measly apples

The Independent UK

Buster Keaton’s life, from silent film stardom to ‘How to Stuff Wild Bikini’ gets a fresh look

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — Melissa Talmadge Cox knew Grandpa Buster had made a bunch of silent movies long before she was born, but it wasn’t until after Buster Keaton died and Cox was in college that she saw one.

Tribune News Service

Review: Silent star Buster Keaton rides again in 2 new books

Two new books about silent film star Buster Keaton are appearing a century after he began to pack movie theaters

The Independent UK

Michael Phillips: ‘A projectile, hurled into the future.’ Why silent film star Buster Keaton is the subject of 2 new books and speaks directly to our own nervous times

At some point in my childhood, there it was: My first Buster Keaton.

Chicago Tribune

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