Movie Review: ‘Universal Language’ needs to be seen to be believed
It’s not unusual for a city to double for another metropolis in movies. New Yorkers have long been able to spot when Toronto ...
Review: In a Winnipeg few will recognize, ‘Universal Language’ speaks from a deep well of humanity
Written and directed by director Matthew Rankin, the comedy presents a Persian-language-inflected Canada, getting at timely ...
‘Universal Language’ Review: If Tehran Were Winnipeg
A lightly satirical and surrealist comedy imagines the snowy Canadian city in the style of the Iranian New Wave.
‘Universal Language’ Review: The Farsi Side of Canada
Matthew Rankin’s whimsical, cerebral comedy takes place in a version of the northern nation that is full of Iranian ...
Confusing Language May Have Doomed Anti-Slavery Amendment; Lawmakers Want to Try Again
When the 13th Amendment abolished slavery but allowed the exception as punishment for convicted crimes, California followed ...
Did confusing language doom California’s anti-slavery amendment? Lawmakers want to try again
Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations advocates want to try again in 2026.