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The Idiots, the controversial Danish director’s most controversial film, reconsidered

In Denmark, von Trier is both ridiculed and cherished—at best he is terminally misunderstood and at worst a national laughing stock. Yet the Danish director meets his most critical audience within the very film festivals that have showcased his work. ...

Capitalism

How Mary Mattingly’s Floating Barge Tackled Food Deserts in New York City

What foraging can teach Americans about solving national food insecurity

September 27, 2023 • by Emma Slack-Jørgensen

Mattingly’s Swale came before the foraging boom, but it suggests that foraging may hold a permanent place in New York. Foraging is not just another fashionable affectation, but a path to addressing the deep-rooted issues embedded in our current food systems. Swale represents how our understanding of food access is ...