Review
Not Medea is a stirring character portrait, a detailed examination of the ruthless demands society makes — and has always made — on women.
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Dragon Lady ‘s power lies partly in its existential authenticity, the power of the personal.
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While the orchestra’s program was almost defiantly canonical, it was played with such lightness and energy that you could forgive its disappointing safeness.
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A revival of Anna Ziegler’s absorbing and enlightening study of the brilliant British biophysicist Dr. Rosalind Franklin.
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The Ash Family is a full-color illustration of how the modern world leaves people vulnerable to radical ideas.
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Us is a comic-horror allegory about the revolution of the underclass.
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I saw a handful of fiction films which were well directed, capably acted, and offered meaningful stories.
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In more pedantic hands, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen could easily have been a tedious and frustrating read. Instead, despite the dense and ultimately inconclusive source material, the book is continuously fascinating.
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Rarely does a book leave me questioning the ways in which I understood, or thought I understood, the construction of some of the most formative solos in jazz history.
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C.D. Wright has woven a poetic text that mirrors the tangled intimacy between humans and the beech, in all of its violence, its confusion, and its beauty.
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Music Commentary: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest versus French Quarter Fest