Climate activist and writer JANE ROGERS introduces her new collection, Fire-ready, and examines the connection between life and fiction
Total eclipse
MARIA DUARTE recommends an homage to the iconic showgirl that understands them as working-class women
The Last Showgirl (15)
Directed by Gia Coppola
A FADING Las Vegas showgirl has to face the reality that her decades-long dream job is over when her show abruptly closes after its 30-year run in this poignant and raw study of life on the Strip.
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